See Also: paunch(medicine)
paunch(2)(dictionary)
paunch(1)(dictionary)
paunch(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
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Orthomolecular medicine (orthomolecular nutritional medicine, orthomolecular therapy)(health)
optic pit(medicine)
Cup, optic(health)
optic cup(medicine)

optic tectum (medicine) and paunch (medicine)


optic tectum (medicine)


optic tectum
<anatomy> A region of the midbrain in which input from the optic nerve is processed. Because the retinally derived neurons of the optic nerve map onto the optic tectum in a defined way, the question of how this specificity is determined has been a long standing problem in cell biology.

Although there is some evidence for adhesion gradients and for some adhesion specificity, the problem is unresolved.


paunch (medicine)


paunch


1. <anatomy> The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen.

2. A paunch mat; called also panch.

3. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper. Paunch mat, a thick mat made of strands of rope, used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing.

Origin: OF. Panch, pance, F. Panse, L. Pantex, panticis.

Source: Websters Dictionary