Posterior commissure

com·mis·sure (k

-sh

)

1. A line or place at which two things are joined.

2. Anatomy

a. A tract of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the spinal cord or brain.

b. The point or surface where two parts, such as the eyelids, lips, or cardiac valves, join or form a connection.

3. Botany The surface or place along which two structures, such as carpels, are joined.

[Middle English, from Latin commissra, from commissus, past participle of committere, to join; see commit.]

commis·sural adj.

commissure [ˈkɒmɪˌsjʊə]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) a band of tissue linking two parts or organs, such as the nervous tissue connecting the right and left sides of the brain in vertebrates

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) any of various joints between parts, as between the carpels, leaf lobes, etc., of a plant

[from Latin commissūra a joining together, from committere commit]

commissural [kəˈmɪsjʊrəl ˌkɒmɪˈsjʊərəl] adj

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Noun

commissure - a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord

nerve pathway, nerve tract, pathway, tract - a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain

corpus callosum - a broad transverse nerve tract connecting the two cerebral hemispheres

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Circumesophagal
commissurotomy
corpus callosum
Medicommissure
nerve pathway
nerve tract
pathway
plant
Praecommissure
tract

Posterior commissure stenosis post long-term intubation.

Views of a type I posterior glottic stenosis before and after lysis by Davis-Malesevich, Melinda; Merati, Albert / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

In experiments on hamsters, the antibody revealed thin nerve connections running from pineal cells to the regions called the posterior commissure and the habenula.

Pineal gland speaks to the brain by Science News

Posterior commissure stenosis post long-term intubation.

Interarytenoid mucosal bridges complicating endotracheal intubation by Schweinfurth, John / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

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Posterior commissure

posterior common ligament
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posterior condyloid foramen
posterior cord of brachial plexus
posterior cord syndrome
posterior costotransverse ligament
Posterior Cramer-Rao Bound
Posterior Cramer-Rao Lower Bound
Posterior cricoarytenoid
posterior crossbite
posterior crossbite
posterior cruciate ligament
posterior cruciate ligament
posterior cruciate ligament injury
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posterior cutaneous nerve of forearm
posterior cutaneous nerve of forearm
Posterior cutaneous nerve of the arm
Posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh
posterior cutaneous nerve of thigh
posterior cutaneous nerve of thigh
Posterior deep temporal artery
Posterior Deltoids
Posterior Deltoids
Posterior descending artery
Posterior Distal Cement Extrusion

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