The memory effect occurred because of a rare type of brain cell called semilunar granule cells, described in 1893 by the father of neuroscience, Ramón y Cajal. From Wordnik.com. [RedOrbit News - Technology] Reference
The aperture leading from the left ventricle to the aorta is guarded by three crescentric flaps -- called the "semilunar" valves of the aorta. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Frog] Reference
B, whitish portion of semilunar shape (the lunula). From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Plantar surface; 2, plantar foramen and plantar groove; 3, semilunar crest. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
Each valve has three folds, each half-moon-shaped, hence the name semilunar. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
The blood is now forced through the open semilunar valves into the pulmonary artery. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
The openings from the ventricles into these vessels are guarded by the semilunar valves. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
The pupil is a fine black, and above each eye is a semilunar mark of the richest garnet. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 495, June 25, 1831] Reference
Thence it is driven past the semilunar valves, through the pulmonary artery, to the lungs. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
At its point of insertion into the semilunar crest the tendon is severed and afterwards reflected. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
The ventricular cavity should now be opened up as far as the aorta, and the semilunar valves examined. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
This is a venous system within the structure of, and occupying the semilunar sinus of the os pedis. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
The pulmonary artery may now be opened from above so as to display the upper surfaces of the semilunar valves. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
From the semilunar anastomosis radiate two main groups of arterial branches, an ascending group and a descending one. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
The external nostrils terminated in a single orifice of a semilunar shape, with the concavity turned towards the snout. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
Here it enters the interior of the bone (the semilunar sinus) and anastomoses with the corresponding artery of the opposite side. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
Displaced semilunar cartilage, and a three months 'job. From Wordnik.com. [The Stark Munro Letters] Reference
The two ends of this flap may then be united behind by a semilunar incision. From Wordnik.com. [A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners] Reference
The semilunar valves of the aorta were lessened in size, and somewhat thickened. From Wordnik.com. [Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart] Reference
How does the operation of the semilunar valves differ from that of the AV valves?. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
The valves of the left side are the most subject -- the bicuspid or mitral and the aortic or semilunar. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
The two ends of this incision must then be united by a similar semilunar flap of skin on the palmar side. From Wordnik.com. [A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners] Reference
A large spreading beech canopied the knoll, and beneath its boughs a semilunar seat admitted four persons. From Wordnik.com. [The Friendships of Women] Reference
The semilunar valves of the pulmonary artery and aorta were unusually small, and their bases cartilaginous. From Wordnik.com. [Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart] Reference
The semilunar valves of the pulmonary artery had their bases slightly ossified, and the remaining part thickened. From Wordnik.com. [Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart] Reference
Four other pairs of abdominal ganglia connected with, the lumbar branches are united by filaments to form the semilunar ganglion. From Wordnik.com. [The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand] Reference
The tricuspid valves and the semilunar valves of the pulmonary artery had lost their healthy transparency, but were not otherwise diseased. From Wordnik.com. [Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart] Reference
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