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Definition of Auricular appendix

1. Noun. A pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart.

Medical Definition of Auricular appendix

1. A small conical ("ear-shaped") pouch projecting from the upper anterior portion of each atrium of the heart, increasing slightly the atrial volume. See: auricle of left atrium, auricle of right atrium. Synonym: auricula atrialis, atrial auricle, atrial auricula, auricle, auricula, auricular appendage, auricular appendix, skin tag. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Auricular appendix

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1863)
"On the Function of the auricular appendix of the Heart. ... The third fact was that the auricular appendix, though placed at a distance from the ..."

2. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1893)
"occupied by the atrium of the right auricle, but here no more of the auricle is represented, there being on this side no trace of an auricular appendix. ..."

3. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1883)
"The left auricular appendix was not visible in front at all, and the heart had to be turned aside to bring it into view as it lay behind. ..."

4. Transactions of the Pathological Society of London by Pathological Society of London (1883)
"Commencing from the posterior column a narrow crescentic membranous fold arches over the opening into the left auricular appendix. This appears to be the ..."

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