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• TRONC CÉRÉBRAL — Déjerine a dénommé tronc cérébral la portion de l’axe cérébro spinal constituée par le bulbe rachidien, le pont et le mésencéphale, c’est à dire un ensemble de centres nerveux correspondant aux trois vésicules caudales de l’encéphale embryonnaire …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• eye, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction  specialized sense organ capable of receiving visual images, which are then carried to the brain. Anatomy of the visual apparatus Structures auxiliary to the eye The orbit       The eye is protected from mechanical injury… …   Universalium

• 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

• Ciliary muscle — The choroid and iris. (Ciliary muscle is labeled near top.) Latin musculus ciliaris Gray s …   Wikipedia

• Вестфаль, Карл Фридрих Отто — В Википедии есть статьи о других людях с такой фамилией, см. Вестфаль. Карл Фридрих Отто Вестфаль Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal …   Википедия

• TOXINES — Un grand nombre d’organismes unicellulaires ou pluricellulaires (bactéries, algues, champignons, protozoaires, végétaux et animaux) élaborent des substances toxiques d’une extrême hétérogénéité chimique et structurale (en majorité, non… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• reaction — 1. The response of a muscle or other living tissue or organism to a stimulus. 2. The color change effected in litmus and certain other organic pigments by contact with substances such as acids or alkalies; also the property that such substances… …   Medical dictionary

• Reflex — A reaction that is involuntary. The corneal reflex is the blink that occurs with irritation of the eye. The nasal reflex is a sneeze. * * * 1. An involuntary reaction in response to a stimulus applied to the periphery and transmitted to the… …   Medical dictionary

• Iris (anatomie) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Iris. L iris est une membrane circulaire et contractile de la face antérieure du globe oculaire. Il constitue la partie colorée visible de l œil. Il est percé en son centre d un orifice, la pupille. L absence d… …   Wikipédia en Français

• History of Medicine —     History of Medicine     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of Medicine     The history of medical science, considered as a part of the general history of civilization, should logically begin in Mesopotamia, where tradition and philological… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• phenomenon — 1. A symptom; an occurrence of any sort, whether ordinary or extraordinary, in relation to a disease. 2. Any unusual fact or occurrence. [G. phainomenon, fr. phaino, to cause to appear] adhesion p. a p. manifested by the adherence of antigen… …   Medical dictionary