See Also: tunica serosa vesicae biliaris(medicine)
tunica muscularis vesicae biliaris(medicine)
tunica mucosa vesicae biliaris(medicine)
tunica serosa vesicae felleae(medicine)
tunica serosa vesicae urinariae(medicine)
fossa vesicae biliaris(medicine)
fundus vesicae biliaris(medicine)
corpus vesicae biliaris(medicine)
collum vesicae biliaris(medicine)
sphincter vesicae biliaris(medicine)

Toxoplasma gondii (medicine) and tunica serosa vesicae biliaris (medicine)


Toxoplasma gondii (medicine)


Toxoplasma gondii


An abundant, widespread sporozoan species (family Toxoplasmatidae) that is an intracellular, nonhost-specific parasite in a great variety of vertebrates. It develops its sexual cycle, leading to oocyst production, exclusively in cats and Other felids; proliferative stages (tachyzoites) and tissue cysts (containing bradyzoites) develop in a wide variety of animal species that acquire the infection from ingestion of oocysts, tissue cysts from infected meat, or by transplacental migration, leading to infection in utero.

Origin: G. Toxon, bow or arc, + plasma, anything formed


tunica serosa vesicae biliaris (medicine)


tunica serosa vesicae biliaris -->
serosa of gallbladder
Serous coat of the gallbladder; the visceral peritoneum covering the portions of the gallbladder not in direct contact with the liver.

Synonym: tunica serosa vesicae biliaris, tunica serosa vesicae felleae.