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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
bulbus .
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The bulb of the eye is imbedded in the fat of the orbit, but is separated from it by a thin membranous sac, the fascia bulbi (page 1024).
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. The Organ of Sight 1918
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The right eye in sagittal section, showing the fascia bulbi (semidiagrammatic).
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The Artery of the Urethral Bulb (a. bulbi urethræ) is a short vessel of large caliber which arises from the internal pudendal between the two layers of fascia of the urogenital diaphragm; it passes medialward, pierces the inferior fascia of the urogenital diaphragm, and gives off branches which ramify in the bulb of the urethra and in the posterior part of the corpus cavernosum urethræ.
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Like the corresponding fascia in the male, it consists of two layers, between which are to be found the following structures: the deep dorsal vein of the clitoris, a portion of the urethra and the Constrictor urethra muscle, the larger vestibular glands and their ducts; the internal pudendal vessels and the dorsal nerves of the clitoris; the arteries and nerves of the bulbi vestibuli, and a plexus of veins.
IV. Myology. 1F. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Perineum 1918
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Lockwood has described a thickening of the lower part of the facia bulbi, which he has named the suspensory ligament of the eye.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 3. The Accessory Organs of the Eye 1918
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Acc. 18873 Morbi Conjunctiva palpebrarum et bulbi.
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Phthisis bulbi Clinically, any globe which is Sightless Shrunken Shapeless
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Traumatic lens subluxation or dislocation was seen in 37 (13. 5\%) cases and phthisis and atrophia bulbi was the presenting sign in 55 (22. 3\%) cases.
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891 The right eye in sagittal section, showing the fascia bulbi (semidiagrammatic).
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 3. The Accessory Organs of the Eye 1918
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