reces's us

(re-ses's ut) [L.] rece or small hollow. r. ante'rior [BNA], a circumscribed deepening of the inter peduncular fo a in the direction of the corpora mar a ill aria. r. cochlea'ris [BNA], cochlear rece , a depre ion on the inner wall of the vestibule of the labyrinth, between the two limbs into which the crista vestibuli divides posteriorly; it is perforated by foramina giving pa age to nerves supplying the posterior portion of the duct us cochlear is. r. duod''enojejuna'Us [BNA], a pocket between the duodenojejunal and the duodenomesocolic folds to the left of the spinal column, r. ellip'tic us [BNA], elliptical rece , fovea hem i elliptic a, an oval depre ion in the roof and inner wall of the vestibule of the labyrinth, lodging the utriculus. r. epitympan'icus [BNA], epitympanic rece , tympanic attic; the upper portion of the tympanic cavity above the membrana tympani; it contains the head of the malleus and the body of the incus, r. ethmolacrjma'lis, a cavity between the anterior portion of the ethmoid bone and the orbit, r. ileocfeca'lis infe'rio i [BNA], tt deep fo a sometimes found between the ileocecal fold, the append i cal me sente rio lum, and the cecum, r. ileocceca'lis supe'rior [BNA], a shallow pouch occasionally existing between the ileum, the cecum, and the ileocolic artery when the latter is present, r. infe'rior omenta'lis [BNA], a proce of the omental bursa extending into the great omentum in the embryo, r. infundib'uli [BNA], rece of the infundibulum, a funnel shaped diverticulum leading down from the anterior portion of the third ventricle of the brain through the tuber cinereum into the infundibulum of the hypophysis (pituitary body). r. infundibulifor'mis, r. pharynegus [BNA]. r. inter sigmoid'eus [BNA], a shallow funnel shaped pocket extending downward and to the left at the root of the sigmoid me so colon, r. membra'nse tym'pan i ante'rior [BNA], a slitlike space on the tympanic wall between the anterior malleolar fold and the drum membrane. 1. membra'nee tym'pan i poste'rior [BNA], a narrow pocket in the wall of the tympanum between the posterior malleolar fold and the drum membrane. membra'nse tym'pan i supe'rioT [BNA], a space in the mucous membrane on the inner surface of the drum membrane between the membrana fiaccida and the neck of the malleus, r. op'tic us [BNA], optic rece , a pit or diverticulum extending forward from the anterior part of the third ventricle of the brain above the optic chiasm, r. paracol'icus [BNA], one of several pockets occasionally present at the left margin of the descending me so colon, r. parotide'us, a deep hollow on the side of the head below and in front of the mastoid; it lodges the parotid gland, r. pharynge'us [BNA], r. infundibuliform is, Rosenmiiller's rece or fo a, a slitlike depre ion in the pharyngeal wall behind the opening of the Eustachian tube. r. pine a'lis [BNA], pineal rece , a diverticulum from the posterior part of the third ventricle of the brain pa ing back above the posterior commi ure