chordan.
/ˈkɔːdə/ Anatomy.
A name for certain string-like structures in the animal body; with defining Latin adjective, as chorda dorˈsalis n. the notochord. chordae tenˈdineae n. plural fine tendinous cords attaching the borders of the auriculo-ventricular valves to the papillary muscles of the heart. chorda tympani n. = tympanichord n.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > [noun]
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sinewOE
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nervea1400
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ligamentc1400
ligaturec1400
couple1535
chord?1541
lien?1541
tendon?1541
tendant1614
artery1621
leader1708
ligamentum1713
chorda1807
vinculum1859
Tenon's capsule1868
tendo1874
the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > types of sinew, tendon, or ligament > [noun] > of heart
heartstringa1425
chordae tendineae1807
the world > life > the body > nervous system > nerve > specific nerves > [noun] > pairs of cranial nerves > specific cranial nerves
optic sinew?c1425
recurrent nerve1578
optic1615
optic nerve1615
recurrent1615
par vagum1666
fourth nerve1681
accessory nerve1682
chorda tympani1807
abducens1809
hypoglossus1811
pneumogastric1826
pneumogastric nerve1827
hypoglossal nerve1828
facial1834
fifth nerve1836–9
vagus1840
vagal nerve1854
vagus nerve1856
Jacobson's nerve1860
oculomotor1868
trigeminus1875
hypoglossal1876
oculimotor1890
pathetic1890
sixth1899
trigeminal1899
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > embryo parts > [noun] > spinal column
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notochord1848
chorda dorsalis1873
1807 R. Morris & J. Kendrick Edinb. Med. & Physical Dict. I Chorda,..metaphorically used to signify a tendon or nerve.
1807 R. Morris & J. Kendrick Edinb. Med. & Physical Dict. I Chordæ tendineæ, from the edge of the valves in the ventricles of the heart, there are tendinous strings thus named.
1807 R. Morris & J. Kendrick Edinb. Med. & Physical Dict. I Chorda tympani.
1873 G. Fleming tr. J. B. A. Chauveau Compar. Anat. 905 There appear in the middle lamina of the blastoderm the chorda dorsalis, the vertebral laminæ, and the lateral laminæ.
1885 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. I. 562 Long, fibrous chords, called chordæ tendineæ, that arise from pyramidal muscles.
1886 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. II. 328/2 A branch, named from its peculiar course, the chorda tympani.
1887 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. V. 248/2 The inner chorda sheath is lost.
1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. iv. 97 One of the papillary muscles, attached by chordae tendineae to..the tricuspid valve between right auricle and right ventricle.
1952 J. Drever Dict. Psychol. 37 Chorda tympani, a branch of the facial nerve, mostly sensory, carrying nerve impulses from taste receptors.
1962 Gray's Anat. (ed. 33) 739 Their [sc. papillary muscles'] apices..give origin to the chordae tendineae, which pass to be attached to the segments of the tricuspid valve.
1962 Gray's Anat. (ed. 33) 1137 The chorda tympani nerve arises from the facial nerve about 6 mm. above the stylomastoid foramen.
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