单词 | eustachian catheter |
释义 | > as lemmasEustachian catheter Used as the distinctive epithet in the names of certain anatomical structures or organs which were discovered by Eustachius. †Eustachian medulla: the medullary portion of the kidneys. Eustachian tube (occasionally Eustachian canal): a canal leading from the upper part of the pharynx to the cavity of the tympanum, which it appears to supply with air; hence Eustachian catheter, an instrument for inflating the Eustachian tube with air. Eustachian valve: a membranous fold at the orifice of the vena cava inferior, which in the fœtus directs the current of blood from this vessel to the foramen ovale and left auricle. ΚΠ 1741 A. Monro Anat. Nerves 15 in Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) The Kidneys..have a reticulated Cortex of Vessels, from which the Eustachian or Bellinian Medulla, consisting of longitudinal Fibres and a few longitudinal Blood Vessels, proceeds. 1741 A. Monro Anat. Nerves 114 in Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) Part of the Eustachian Tube. 1756 J. Wathen in Philos. Trans. 1755 (Royal Soc.) 49 215 I took that opportunity to examine the eustachian tube of each ear. 1828 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 633 The..Eustachian Valve. 1870 T. Holmes Syst. Surg. (ed. 2) III. 289 Recourse must be had to the Eustachian catheter. 1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) viii. 213 The function of the Eustachian tube is probably to keep the air in the tympanum..of about the same tension as that on the outer side. < as lemmas |
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