See Also: white rami communicantes(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
rami mammarii mediales rami cutanei anterioris nervorum intercostalium(medicine)
rami mammarii mediales rami perforantis arteriae thoracicae internae(medicine)
rami mammarii laterales rami cutanei lateralis nervorum thoracicorum(medicine)
rami mammarii laterales rami cutanei lateralis nervorum intercostalium(medicine)
rami mammarii mediales rami cutanei anterioris ramorum ventralium nervorum thoracicorum(medicine)
rami mediales rami sinistri venae portae hepatis(medicine)
rami laterales rami sinistri venae portae hepatis(medicine)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)

white rami communicantes (medicine) and killer (medicine)


white rami communicantes (medicine)


white rami communicantes
Short nerves arising from the initial portion of the ventral primary rami of the thoracic and upper lumbar spinal nerves through which all presynaptic sympathetic nerve fibres must pass to reach the sympathetic trunks; also conveyed by the white rami communicans are visceral afferent (sensory) fibres which were conveyed to the sympathetic trunks in splanchnic nerves. Most fibres conveyed by the white rami communicantes are myelinated.

Synonym: rami communicantes nervorum spinalium, communicating branches of spinal nerves.


killer (medicine)


killer


1. One who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills.

2. <zoology> A voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of which several species are known.

The killers have a high dorsal fin, and powerful jaws armed with large, sharp teeth. They capture, and swallow entire, large numbers of seals, porpoises, and dolphins, and are celebrated for their savage, combined attacks upon the right whales, which they are said to mutilate and kill. The common Atlantic species (Orca gladiator), is found both on the European and the American coast. Two species (Orca ater and O. Rectipinna) occur on the Pacific coast.

Source: Websters Dictionary