Medicine bundle — Bundles at Birch Coulee in Minnesota. A medicine bundle is a wrapped package used by Native Americans for religious purposes. A package of this type can also be referred to as a medicine bag. Medicine bundles are usually employed as a ritual aid… … Wikipedia
papillomacular bundles — an oval shaped arrangement of ganglion cell axons extending from the macula lutea to the optic disk, then entering the optic nerve as discrete bundles … Medical dictionary
aberrant bundles — collections of pyramidal fibers leaving the corticonuclear tract at successive levels of the brainstem, and giving off fibers to the motor nuclei of the cranial nerves … Medical dictionary
transverse bundles of palmar aponeurosis — fasciculi transversi aponeurosis palmaris; see under fasciculus … Medical dictionary
Systole (medicine) — Systole (pronEng|ˈsɪstɒli, rhymes with fiscally ) is the contraction of heart chambers, driving blood out of the chambers. The chamber most often discussed is the left ventricle. However, all four chambers of the heart undergo systole and… … Wikipedia
Leydig cylinders — bundles of muscular fibers separated by partitions of protoplasm … Medical dictionary
fastigiobulbar tracts — bundles of efferent fibers running from the nucleus fastigii to the medulla oblongata … Medical dictionary
Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… … Medical dictionary
bundle — A structure composed of a group of fibers, muscular or nervous; a fasciculus. SYN: fasciculus (3) [TA]. aberrant bundles a group, or groups, of fibers from the corticobulbar or corticonuclear tract, directed to each of the motor … Medical dictionary
fasciculus — 1. SYN: fascicle. 2. SYN: cord. 3. SYN: bundle. [L. dim. of fascis, bundle] f. anterior musculi palatopharyngei [TA] SYN: anterior fascicle of palatopharyngeus (muscle). anterior f. proprius [TA] SYN: fasciculi proprii … Medical dictionary
