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layer of Bechterew(medicine)
Bechterew's band(medicine)
Bechterew, Vladimir von(medicine)
Bechterew's sign(medicine)
Bechterew's disease(medicine)
line of Bechterew(medicine)
Bechterew's nucleus(medicine)
Mendel-Bechterew reflex(medicine)
band of Kaes-Bechterew(medicine)

Bechterew's band (medicine) and tensor (medicine)


Bechterew's band (medicine)


Bechterew's band -->
band of Kaes-Bechterew


A band of horizontal myelinated fibres in the most superficial part of the third layer of the isocortex.

Synonym: Bechterew's band, layer of Bechterew, line of Bechterew, line of Kaes.


tensor (medicine)


tensor


1. <anatomy> A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.

2. <geometry> The ratio of one vector to another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the two vectors; so called because considered as a stretching factor in changing one vector into another. See Versor.

Origin: NL. See Tension.

Source: Websters Dictionary