conus /co·nus/ (ko´nus) pl. co´ni [L.]
conus [ko´nus] (pl. co´ni) (L.)
1. a cone or cone-shaped structure.
2. posterior staphyloma of the myopic eye.
conus arterio´sus infundibulum; the anterosuperior portion of the right ventricle of the heart, at the entrance to the pulmonary trunk.
conus medulla´ris the cone-shaped lower end of the spinal cord, at the level of the upper lumbar vertebrae.
conus termina´lis conus medullaris.
co´ni vasculo´si lobules of epididymis.
conus ar·te·ri·o·sus (är-tîr  -  s s)n. A conical extension of the right ventricle in the heart, from which the pulmonary artery originates. Also called arterial cone, infundibulum. |
conus [ko´nus] (pl. co´ni) (L.)
cone.
1. a cone-shaped structure.
2. posterior staphyloma of the myopic eye.
conus arterio´sus the anterosuperior portion of the right ventricle of the heart, at the entrance to the pulmonary trunk. Called also infundibulum.
conus medulla´ris the cone-shaped lower end of the spinal cord, at the level of the upper lumbar vertebrae.
conus
pl. coni [L.]
1. a cone or cone-shaped structure.
2. posterior staphyloma of the myopic eye.
conus arteriosus
the funnel-shaped portion of the right ventricle of the heart at the entrance to the pulmonary trunk.
conus medullaris
the cone-shaped caudal end of the spinal cord; found at the level of the upper lumbar vertebrae in the human spine, but more caudally in domestic animals.
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