arcuate

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+Gills+ arcuate, adnato-decurrent, rather thick, acute at the edge, somewhat distant, rather broad, connected by branches, pallid, watery, white.

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  1. adjective Having the form of a bow; curved.

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  • A quick message just to avoid a misunderstanding: the only section I wrote was the part in the etiology section that follows the discuss on genes, hunger and the arcuate nucleus (which was written by Gareth Leng). —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Most of these neurones were located in cortical area 6, close to the arcuate curvature and its spur, but also more caudally in area 4 and rostrally in area 8. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Histological reconstruction showed that a vast majority of PM set-related neurons were located in the dorsal aspect of the PM (PMd), medial to the arcuate spur and lateral to the superior precentral sulcus. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • "The evolution of the arcuate fasciculus revealed with comparative DTI.". —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • By using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DTI) and subsequent tractography, a perisylvian language network in the human left hemisphere recently has been identified connecting Brocas's and Wernicke's areas directly (arcuate fasciculus) and indirectly by a pathway through the inferior parietal cortex. —  BioMed Central - Latest articles
 

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  1. Latin arcuātus, past participle of arcuāre, to bend like a bow, from arcus, bow.

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  1. from Latin arcuatus, past participle of arcuare, bend like a bow, from arcus, bow: see arc, arch.
 

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