Jacobson's nerve
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jacobson's nerve — noun Usage: usually capitalized J Etymology: after L.L.Jacobson : tympanic nerve 1 … Useful english dictionary
Jacobson's nerve — noun see tympanic nerve … Useful english dictionary
Tympanic nerve — Nerve: Tympanic nerve Plan of upper portions of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves. (Tympanic nerve visible in upper right.) Latin nervus tympanicus Gray s … Wikipedia
Nerve — A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory and motor information from one body part to another. See nervous system. * * * A whitish cordlike structure composed of one or more bundles (fascicles) of myelinated … Medical dictionary
Jacobson's cartilage — Ja·cob·son s cartilage jā kəb sənz n VOMERONASAL CARTILAGE Jacobson Ludwig Levin (1783 1843) Danish anatomist. Jacobson was a specialist in comparative anatomy. He discovered the vomeronasal organ and the vomeronasal cartilage in 1809. He… … Medical dictionary
Jacobson canal — canal for Jacobson nerve canaliculus tympanicus … Medical dictionary
Jacobson — Ludwig L., Danish anatomist, 1783–1843. See J. anastomosis, J. canal, J. cartilage, J. nerve, J. organ, J. plexus, J. reflex … Medical dictionary
tympanic nerve — n a branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve arising from the petrosal ganglion and entering the middle ear where it takes part in forming the tympanic plexus called also Jacobson s nerve * * * nervus tympanicus … Medical dictionary
tympanic nerve — noun 1. : a branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve arising from the petrosal ganglion and distributed to the walls of the tympanum of the ear where it takes part in forming a plexus called also Jacobson s nerve 2. : a branch of the facial nerve to… … Useful english dictionary
Jacobson nerve — nervus tympanicus … Medical dictionary
