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spiroscope (medicine) and valve of Varolius (medicine)


spiroscope (medicine)


spiroscope
<instrument, physiology> A wet meter used to determine the breathing capacity of the lungs.

Origin: L. Spirare to breathe + -scope.

Source: Websters Dictionary


valve of Varolius (medicine)


valve of Varolius -->
ileocaecal valve


The bilabial prominence of the terminal ileum into the large intestine at the caecocolic junction as seen in cadavers; in the living individual it appears as a truncated cone with a star-shaped orifice.

Synonym: valva ileocaecalis, Bauhin's valve, ileocaecal eminence, ileocolic valve, Tulp's valve, Tulpius' valve, valve of Varolius.