online medical dictionary | definition of Bichat

<person>

A French anatomist, physician, and biologist.

Lived: 1771-1802.

See: Bichat's canal, Bichat's fat-pad, Bichat's fissure, Bichat's foramen, Bichat's fossa, Bichat's ligament, Bichat's membrane, Bichat's protuberance, Bichat's tunic.

(05 Mar 2000)

<anatomy>

Preferred term: cistern of great cerebral vein

Preferred term: buccal fat-pad

The nearly circular fissure corresponding to the medial margin of the cerebral (pallial) mantle, marking the hilus of the cerebral hemisphere, consisting of the callosomarginal fissure and choroidal fissure along the hippocampus, both of which are continuous with the stem of the fissure of Sylvius at the anterior extremity of the temporal lobe.

(05 Mar 2000)

<anatomy>

Preferred term: cistern of great cerebral vein

<anatomy>

Preferred term: pterygopalatine fossa

<anatomy> The lower fasciculus of the posterior sacroiliac ligament.

(05 Mar 2000)

The inner elastic membrane of arteries.

(05 Mar 2000)

Preferred term: buccal fat-pad

The tunica intima of the blood vessels.

(05 Mar 2000)