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Jackson membrane (veil) — Jack·son membrane (veil) (jakґsən) [Jabez North Jackson, American surgeon, 1868–1935] see under membrane … Medical dictionary
membrane — 1. A thin sheet or layer of pliable tissue, serving as a covering or envelope of a part, as the lining of a cavity, as a partition or septum, or to connect two structures. SYN: membrana [TA]. 2. SYN: biomembrane. [L. membrana, a skin or m … Medical dictionary
Jackson — John Hughlings, English neurologist, 1835–1911. See jacksonian epilepsy, J. law, J. rule, J. sign. Jabez N., U.S. surgeon, 1868–1935. See J. membrane, J. veil … Medical dictionary
Jackson veil — see under membrane … Medical dictionary
Complement membrane attack complex — A membrane attack complex attached to a pathogenic cell. The membrane attack complex (MAC) is typically formed on the surface of intruding pathogenic bacterial cells as a result of the activation of the alternative pathway of the complement… … Wikipedia
veil — 1. SYN: velum (1). 2. SYN: caul (1). [L. velum] aqueduct v. a membrane obstructing the sylvian aqueduct, causing a noncommunicating hydrocephalus. Jackson v. SYN: Jackson membrane. Sattler v. a … Medical dictionary
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Tracheal intubation — Intervention Anesthesiologist using the Glidescope video laryngoscope to intubate the trachea of a morbidly obese elderly person with challenging airway anatomy … Wikipedia
Soliton model — The Soliton model in neuroscience is a recently developed model that attempts to explain how signals are conducted within neurons. It proposes that the signals travel along the cell s membrane in the form of certain kinds of sound (or density)… … Wikipedia
nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… … Universalium
