Mercier bar


interureteric crest

[TA] a fold of mucous membrane of the urinary bladder extending from the orifice of the ureter of one side to that of the other side. Synonym(s): plica interureterica [TA], bar of bladder, interureteric fold, Mercier bar, plica ureterica, torus uretericus, ureteric fold

Mercier bar

(1) Interureteric fold; plica interureterica [NA6].
(2) Median bar, see there.
 
The term is linked tonamed after French urologist Louis Auguste Mercier (1811–1882).

Mercier bar

(mer-sē-ā′) [Louis-Auguste Mercier, Fr. urologist, 1811–1882] A curved fold at the neck of the bladder forming the posterior margin of the trigonum vesicae.

Mercier,

Louis Auguste, French urologist, 1811-1882. median bar of Mercier - Synonym(s): Mercier barMercier bar - a fold of mucous membrane extending from the orifice of the ureter of one side to that of the other side. Synonym(s): interureteric fold; median bar of MercierMercier catheterMercier sound - a catheter the beak of which is short and bent almost at a right angle.Mercier valve - an occasional fold of mucosa of the bladder partially occluding the ureteral orifice.