Pedicle

Pedicle
Pedicle Ped"i*cle, n. [L. pediculus a little foot, dim. of pes foot: cf. F. p['e]dicule. See {edal}, and cf. {Pedicel}.] Same as {Pedicel}. [1913 Webster]

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  • Pedicle — or pedicel may refer to: * Pedicle (anatomy), the segment between the transverse process and the vertebral body, and is often used as a radiographic marker and entry point in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures *Pedicle (zoology), a fleshy… …   Wikipedia

  • pedicle — 1620s, from L. pediculus “footstalk,” dim. of pedem (nom. pes) “foot” (see FOOT (Cf. foot)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • pedicle — [ped′i kəl] n. [L pediculus] PEDICEL …   English World dictionary

  • pedicle — 1. A constricted portion or stalk. SYN: pediculus (1) [TA]. 2. A stalk by which a nonsessile tumor is attached to normal tissue. SYN: pedunculus [TA], peduncle (2). 3. A stalk through which a flap of …   Medical dictionary

  • pedicle — n. 1) the narrow neck of tissue connecting some tumours to the normal tissue from which they have developed. 2) (in plastic surgery) a narrow folded tube of skin by means of which a piece of skin used for grafting remains attached to its original …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • pedicle flap — n a flap which is left attached to the original site by a narrow base of tissue to provide a blood supply during grafting called also pedicle graft * * * a flap consisting of the full thickness of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, attached by… …   Medical dictionary

  • Pedicle of vertebral arch — Infobox Bone Name = Pedicle of vertebral arch Latin = pediculus arcus vertebrae, radix arcus vertebrae GraySubject = 20 GrayPage = 97 Caption = A typical thoracic vertebra, viewed from above. (Pedicle labeled at left.) Caption2 = A cervical… …   Wikipedia

  • pedicle muscles — (BRACHIOPODA) 1. In Articulata, adjuster muscles external to the pedicle and longitudinal fibrils in the connective tissue of the pedicle. 2. In Inarticulata, muscles in the wall and coelom of the pedicle …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • pedicle sheath — (BRACHIOPODA) A tube projecting posteroventrally from the ventral umbo; probably enclosing the pedicle in the young stages of shell development with a supra apical pedicle foramen …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • pedicle collar — (BRACHIOPODA) The two deltidial plates curved around the pedicle base, may or may not be fused …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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