- Clarke nucleus
- n. thoracicus posterior.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Clarke nucleus
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Clarke's column — klärks n NUCLEUS DORSALIS Clarke Jacob Augustus Lockhart (1817 1880) British anatomist. Clarke devoted himself to research in microscopic anatomy. His most significant work was on the brain and spinal cord. In 1851 he published his description of … Medical dictionary
nucleus dorsalis — nucleus dor·sa·lis dȯr sā ləs n, pl nuclei dor·sa·les .lēz an elongated longitudinal strand of neurons in the spinal cord with its axons passing into the cerebellar tract called also Clarke s column … Medical dictionary
Clarke column — nucleus thoracicus posterior … Medical dictionary
Nucleus — 1) In cell biology, the structure that houses the chromosomes. 2) In neuroanatomy, a group of nerve cells. * * * 1. In cytology, typically a rounded or oval mass of protoplasm within the cytoplasm of a plant or animal cell; it is surrounded by a… … Medical dictionary
clarke's column — noun or clarke s nucleus ˈklärks Usage: usually capitalized 1st C Etymology: after Jacob A.L. Clarke died 1880 English physician : nucleus dorsalis … Useful english dictionary
nucleus thoracicus posterior — [TA] posterior thoracic nucleus: a well defined column of cells in the medial part of the intermediate zone (lamina VII) of the spinal gray matter, medial to the intermediolateral cell column, usually extending from the eighth cervical segment… … Medical dictionary
Clarke cells nucleus (column) — (klahrk) [Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke, English anatomist and physician, 1817–1880] see under cell, and see nucleus thoracicus posterior … Medical dictionary
clarke's nucleus — noun see clarke s column … Useful english dictionary
Clarke — Jacob A.L., English anatomist, 1817–1880. See C. column, C. nucleus. Cecil. See C. Hadfield syndrome … Medical dictionary
Posterior thoracic nucleus — Diagram showing a few of the connections of afferent (sensory) fibers of the posterior root with the efferent fibers from the ventral column and with the various long ascending fasciculi. (Dorsal nucleus labeled at center right.) … Wikipedia
