Definition of Commissure. Meaning of Commissure. Synonyms of Commissure

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Definition of Commissure

Commissure
Commissure Com*mis"sure (? or ?; 134-6), n. [L. commissura a joining together: cf. F. commissure. See Commit.] 1. A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies, or parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or juncture. 2. (Anat. & Zo["o]l.) (a) The point of union between two parts, as the angles of the lips or eyelids, the mandibles of a bird, etc. (b) A collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain or spinal marrow; a chiasma. 3. (Bot.) The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc.

Meaning of Commissure from wikipedia

- another commissure, the posterior labial commissure, which is also the posterior boundary of the ****. The interval between the posterior commissure and...
- are the anterior commissure, posterior commissure, corpus callosum, commissure of fornix (hippocampal commissure), habenular commissure, ventral supraoptic...
- The anterior commissure (also known as the precommissure) is a white matter tract (a bundle of axons) connecting the two temporal lobes of the cerebral...
- The posterior commissure (also known as the epithalamic commissure) is a rounded band of white fibers crossing the middle line on the dorsal aspect of...
- grey commissure is a thin strip of grey matter that surrounds the central canal of the spinal cord and, along with the anterior white commissure, connects...
- The canthus (pl.: canthi, palpebral commissures) is either corner of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet. More specifically, the inner and...
- frenulum of the ****oris. At the bottom, the labia meet at the labial commissure. The labia minora vary widely in size, color and shape from individual...
- The anterior white commissure (ventral white commissure) is a bundle of nerve fibers which cross the midline of the spinal cord just anterior (in front...
- The habenular commissure is a nerve tract of commissural fibers that connects the habenular nuclei on both sides of the habenular trigone in the epithalamus...
- anterior commissure, which is below the mons pubis and above the ****oris. To the posterior, the labia majora join at the posterior commissure, which is...