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  • The depressions for the Pacchionian glands are deep and numerous; and there is an unusually deep vascular groove immediately behind the coronal suture, which, as it terminates in the foramen, no doubt transmitted a ‘vena emissaria’.

    Essays 2007

  • Near the groove are several depressions, best marked in the skulls of old persons, for the arachnoid granulations (Pacchionian bodies).

    II. Osteology. 5a. 2. The Parietal Bone 1918

  • Most of the cerebral veins from the outer surface of the hemisphere open into these lacunæ, and numerous arachnoid granulations (Pacchionian bodies) project into them from below.

    VII. The Veins. 3b. 5. The Sinuses of the Dura Mater 1918

  • The Arachnoid Villi (granulationes arachnoideales; glandulæ Pacchioni; Pacchionian bodies) (Fig. 769) are small, fleshy-looking elevations, usually collected into clusters of variable size, which are present upon the outer surface of the dura mater, in the vicinity of the superior sagittal sinus, and in some other situations.

    IX. Neurology. 4g. The Meninges of the Brain and Medulla Spinalis 1918

  • The depressions for the Pacchionian glands are deep and numerous; and there is an unusually deep vascular groove immediately behind the coronal suture, which, as it terminates in the foramen, no doubt transmitted

    On Some Fossil Remains of Man Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • Pacchionian glands are deep and numerous; and there is an unusually deep vascular groove immediately behind the coronal suture, which, as it terminates in the foramen, no doubt transmitted a 'vena emissaria'.

    Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • Finally, "You are afflicted," said Dr. O'Rell, "with the megrims, which, fortunately, is at present confined to the region of the Pacchionian depressions of the sinister parietal.

    The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac 1896

  • Finally, "You are afflicted," said Dr. O'Rell, "with the megrims, which, fortunately, is at present confined to the region of the Pacchionian depressions of the sinister parietal.

    The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac Eugene Field 1872

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