See Also: plantar digital veins(medicine)
proper plantar digital artery(medicine)
proper plantar digital nerves(medicine)
common plantar digital nerves(medicine)
common plantar digital artery(medicine)
plantar metatarsal veins(medicine)
digital veins(medicine)
palmar digital veins(medicine)
dorsal digital veins of toes(medicine)
dorsal digital veins of foot(medicine)

servo (iou) and plantar digital veins (medicine)


servo (iou)



servo noun & verb. L19.
[French servo-moteur servomotor, from Latin servus slave + -o- -O- + French moteur MOTOR noun.]
A. noun. Pl. -os.
In full servomotor. Orig., an auxiliary motor used to direct the rudders of a torpedo or the reversing gear of a large marine engine. Now gen., any device used as the motive element in a servomechanism. L19.
In full servomechanism. A powered mechanism which produces controlled motion at a high energy or power level in response to an input motion of lower energy; esp. one in which feedback is employed to make the control automatic, generally comprising a measuring device, a servo-amplifier, and a servomotor; transf. & fig. a non-mechanical (esp. physiological) system characterized by self-regulating feedback. E20.
Comb.: servo-amplifier the part of a servomechanism that responds to a small error signal and delivers a corresponding large signal to the servomotor; servo brake (a) a vehicle brake whose application is assisted by the momentum of the vehicle; (b) a brake operated by a servomechanism; servo control (a) an aircraft control using a servo tab; (b) a servomechanism; (c) the use of a servomechanism to assist with the control of a system; the action or practice of controlling a system by means of a servomechanism; servo-control verb trans. control by means of a servomechanism; servo flap Aeronautics = servo tab below; servohydraulic adjective both servo-controlled and hydraulic; servomechanical adjective of or pertaining to a servomechanism; servomechanism: see sense 2 above; servomotor: see sense 1 above; servo system a servomechanism; servo tab Aeronautics a tab, operated directly by the pilot, which gives rise to aerodynamic forces that assist in moving the main flap.
b. verb trans. Control or operate by a servomechanism. L20.

plantar digital veins (medicine)


plantar digital veins
Drain the plantar and distal dorsal aspects (nail beds) of the toes and pass back to form four metatarsal veins that in turn empty into the plantar venous arch.

Synonym: venae digitales plantares.