Morgagni liquor


Mor·ga·gni li·quor

(mōr-gah'nyē), a fluid found postmortem between the epithelium and the fibers of the lens, resulting from the liquefaction of a semifluid material that exists there during life. Synonym(s): Morgagni humor

Morgagni,

Giovanni Battista, Italian anatomist and pathologist, 1682-1771. frenulum of Morgagni - a fold running from the junction of the two commissures of the ileocecal valve on either side along the inner wall of the cecocolic junction. Synonym(s): frenulum of ileocecal valve; Morgagni frenum; Morgagni retinaculumMorgagni appendix - an inconstant narrow lobe of the thyroid gland. Synonym(s): pyramidal lobe of thyroid glandMorgagni cartilage - a small nonarticulating rod of elastic cartilage in the aryepiglottic fold anterolateral and somewhat superior to the corniculate cartilage. Synonym(s): cuneiform cartilage; Morgagni tubercleMorgagni caruncle - middle lobe of prostate.Morgagni cataract - a hypermature cataract in which the nucleus gravitates within the capsule. Synonym(s): sedimentary cataractMorgagni columns - a number of vertical ridges in the mucous membrane of the upper half of the anal canal. Synonym(s): anal columnsMorgagni concha - the upper thin, spongy, bony plate projecting from the lateral wall of the nasal cavity, separating the superior meatus from the sphenoethmoidal recess. Synonym(s): superior nasal conchaMorgagni crypts - the grooves between the anal columns. Synonym(s): anal sinusesMorgagni disease - Synonym(s): Adams-Stokes syndromeMorgagni foramen - congenital defect in the fusion of sternal and costal elements of the diaphragmatic anlage that is the site of a parasternal hernia. Synonym(s): foramen cecum of tongueMorgagni fossa - the terminal dilated portion of the urethra in the glans penis. Synonym(s): Morgagni fovea; navicular fossa of the urethraMorgagni fovea - Synonym(s): Morgagni fossaMorgagni frenum - Synonym(s): frenulum of MorgagniMorgagni globules - vesicles beneath the capsule and between lens fibers in an early cataract. Synonym(s): Morgagni spheresMorgagni herniaMorgagni humor - Synonym(s): Morgagni liquorMorgagni hydatid - a vestigial remnant of the embryonic mesonephric duct. Synonym(s): vesicular appendices of uterine tubeMorgagni lacuna - one of a number of little recesses in the mucous membrane of the spongy urethra into which empty the ducts of the urethral glands. Synonym(s): urethral lacunaMorgagni liquor - a fluid found postmortem between the epithelium and the fibers of the lens, resulting from the liquefaction of a semifluid material existing there during life. Synonym(s): Morgagni humorMorgagni nodule - a nodule at the center of the free border of each semilunar valve at the beginning of the pulmonary artery and aorta. Synonym(s): nodule of semilunar valveMorgagni prolapse - chronic inflammation of laryngeal ventricle.Morgagni retinaculum - Synonym(s): frenulum of MorgagniMorgagni sinus - Synonym(s): anal sinuses; laryngeal ventricle; prostatic utricleMorgagni spheres - Synonym(s): Morgagni globulesMorgagni syndrome - hyperostosis frontalis interna in elderly women, with obesity and neuropsychiatric disorders. Synonym(s): metabolic craniopathy; Stewart-Morel syndromeMorgagni tubercle - Synonym(s): Morgagni cartilageMorgagni valves - delicate crescent-shaped mucosal folds that pass between the lower ends of neighboring anal columns. Synonym(s): anal valvesMorgagni ventricle - the recess in each lateral wall of the larynx between the vestibular and vocal folds and into which the laryngeal sacculus opens. Synonym(s): laryngeal ventricleMorgagni-Adams-Stokes syndrome - Synonym(s): Adams-Stokes syndromemorgagnian cyst - a vestigial remnant of the embryonic mesonephric duct. Synonym(s): vesicular appendices of uterine tube