septum

[sep´tum] (L.)

1. a wall or partition dividing a body space or cavity. Some are membranous, some are osseous, and some are cartilaginous; each is named according to its location. See also septal defect. adj., adj sep´tal.

2. nasal septum.

alveolar septum interalveolar septum.

atrial septum (septum atrio´rum cor´dis) interatrial septum.

atrioventricular septum the part of the membranous portion of the interventricular septum between the left ventricle and the right atrium.

deviated septum an injury or malformation of the nasal septum so that one part of the nasal cavity is smaller than the other; this is fairly common and seldom causes complications. Occasionally the deviation may handicap breathing, block the normal flow of mucus from the sinuses during a cold, or prevent proper drainage of infected sinuses. In some cases surgery (called partial or complete submucous resection) may be necessary to relieve the obstruction and reduce irritation and infection in the nose and sinuses.

interalveolar septum

1. one of the thin plates of bone separating the alveoli of the teeth in the mandible and maxilla. Called also interradicular septum.

2. one of the thin septa that separate adjacent pulmonary alveoli, containing connective tissue and the capillary network of the blood supply of the lung. Defs. 1 and 2 called also alveolar septum.

interatrial septum (septum interatria´le cor´dis) the partition separating the right and left atria of the heart; called also atrial septum.

interradicular septum interalveolar septum (def. 1).

interventricular septum (septum interventricula´re cor´dis) the partition separating the right and left ventricles of the heart; called also ventricular septum.

nasal septum a plate of bone and cartilage covered with mucous membrane that divides the nasal cavity.

septum lu´cidum septum pellucidum.

pellucid septum (septum pellu´cidum) the triangular double membrane separating the anterior horns of the lateral ventricles of the brain; called also septum lucidum.

septum pri´mum a septum in the embryonic heart, dividing the primitive atrium into right and left chambers. See also congenital heart defect.

rectovaginal septum the membranous partition between the rectum and vagina.

rectovesical septum a membranous partition separating the rectum from the prostate and urinary bladder.

septum of ventricles of heart (ventricular septum) (septum ventriculo´rum cor´dis) interventricular septum.

in·ter·ven·tric·u·lar sep·tum

[TA]

the wall between the ventricles of the heart.

Synonym(s): septum interventriculare [TA], ventricular septum

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Septum (ventricular septum)

That portion of the heart wall that divides the right and left ventricles.

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Short-and mid-term outcomes of trans catheter intervention for critical pulmonary stenosis and pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum in neonates.

IMMEDIATE THERAPEUTIC OUTCOMES OF TRANS CATHETER PULMONARY BALLOON VALVULOPLASTY FOR CRITICAL PULMONARY STENOSIS

A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is an abnormal opening across the ventricular septum generally enabling blood to flow from the left ventricle to the right ventricle.

Congenital cardiac anomalies

Examples include tricuspid atresia, pulmonary atresia/intact ventricular septum and hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

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Innis was instrumental in an experimental method for developing a trans-illumination of the ventricular septum in open heart surgery and the development of intraocular lenses now routinely used in cataract surgery.

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Angiographic demonstration of intramyocardial sinusoids in pulmonary-valve atresia with intact ventricular septum and hypoplastic right ventricle.

Ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy

Physicians can confirm the clinical diagnosis and see the defect's location in the ventricular septum. They can measure size, flow, and pressure across the defect.

Improved imaging tracks congenital heart disease: new tools allow physicians to image the heart and other structures in small pediatric patients

It's proper name is pulmonary atresia with an intact ventricular septum. It means there is no connection between the heart and the lungs.

CONDITION STARVES THE BODY OF OXYGEN

In addition, similar masses were noted in the ventricular septum, left ventricular free wall, and right ventricle with a total of seven different lesions noted.

Genetic link to unusual cardiac diagnosis

Fibromas are solitary tumours that are derived from fibroblasts and connective tissue with a matrix containing collagen, located mainly in the ventricular septum.[1] Macroscopically, they present as rounded, white fibrous masses whorled on cut surface.

CARDIAC FIBROMA, A RARE PRIMARY TUMOUR--A CASE REPORT

Contrast cardiac CT scan confirmed the echocardiographic findings of noncoronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm in close proximity of membranous ventricular septum with normal remaining aortic dimensions and no atherosclerotic changes or dissection flap.

Un-ruptured Non-Coronary Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm with Complete Heart Block

A dominant artery refers to the coronary artery providing the posterior interventricular branch (PIB) which supplies the posterior ventricular septum and frequently part of the posterolateral wall of the left ventricle (Pelter et al., 2011).

Morphologic Relationship Between the Coronary Arteries During Fetal Development/Relacion Morfologica Entre las Arterias Coronarias Durante el Desarrollo Fetal