vermis
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Origin of vermis
1885–90; < New Latin; Latin: worm; so called from its shape
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Therefore, the researchers investigated the possibility that Bergmann glial cells in the cerebellar vermis regulate the volume of aggression in mice.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2023
Microvacuolar degeneration in the molecular layer was more prominent in the vermis than in the cerebellar hemisphere.
From Nature ● Sep. 8, 2015
The vermis is referred to as the spinocerebellum because it primarily receives input from the dorsal columns and spinocerebellar pathways.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The midline is composed of the vermis and the flocculonodular lobe, and the hemispheres are the lateral regions.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The inferior medullary velum, a reflection of the pia mater and epithelium from the back of the medulla to the inferior vermis, closes it in below.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
In old books it is named vermilion, in allusion to the insect, or vermes, from which it is prepared.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
With the ascent in power, the intensity of individuation keeps even pace; and from this we may explain all the characteristic distinctions between this class and that of the vermes.
From Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
These wondrous phenomena of nature belong to the genus hydra, class vermes, order zoophyte; the distinguishing character of which is, that if any part of the body be severed, it instantly becomes a perfect animal.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
Marine vermes, the mollusca, testacea, lithophytes, and zoophytes, together with fishes and sea-birds, feed beneath this floating meadow.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
But they soon creep out again, in order, as if by agreement, to fly out to sea and search for their food, which consists of crustacea and vermes.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882
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