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Pacchionian(dictionary)
pacchionian(medicine)
pacchionian corpuscles(medicine)
pacchionian depressions(medicine)
pacchionian glands(medicine)
pacchionian granulations(medicine)
pacchionian bodies(medicine)
breve(dictionary)
breve(dictionary)

pacchionian corpuscles (medicine) and os breve (medicine)


pacchionian corpuscles (medicine)


pacchionian corpuscles -->
arachnoid granulations
Tufted prolongations of pia-arachnoid, composed of numerous arachnoid villi that penetrate dural venous sinuses and effect transfer of cerebrospinal fluid to the venous system. at advanced age these are more numerous and tend to calcify.

Synonym: granulationes arachnoideales, arachnoidal granulations, pacchionian bodies, pacchionian corpuscles, pacchionian glands, pacchionian granulations.


os breve (medicine)


os breve -->
short bone


One whose dimensions are approximately equal; it consists of a layer of cortical substance enclosing spongy substance and narrow.

Compare: long bone.

Synonym: os breve.