Sulcus vs Fistula - What's the difference?
sulcus | fistula |
(anatomy) a furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue
(anatomy) any of the grooves that mark the convolutions of the surface of the brain
(planetology) subparallel grooves and ditches formed by geological processes
(medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
* 1903 , William Rice Pryor, Gynæcology , page 113
* 1917 , Louis Adolph Merillat, Fistula of the Withers and Poll-Evil , page 5
* 1998', Scott Fisher, ''Enterocutaneous '''Fistulas'' , in Theodore J. Saclarides, Keith W. Millikan (editors), ''Common Surgical Diseases: An Algorithmic Approach to Problem Solving ,
* 2008 , Sylvia Escott-Stump, Nutrition and Diagnosis-related Care , page 405
(rare) A tube, a pipe, or a hole.
As nouns the difference between sulcus and fistula
is that sulcus is a furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue while fistula is an abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.sulcus
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(wikipedia sulcus) (sulci)Derived terms
* calcaneal sulcus * central sulcus * cingulate sulcus * coronal sulcus * interlabial sulcus * intermammary sulcus * lacrimal sulcus (sulcus lacrimalis) * lateral sulcus * malleolar sulcus * postcentral sulcus * preauricular sulcus * precentral sulcus * radial sulcus (musculospiral groove) * sagittal sulcus * sigmoid sulcus * sulcal * * sulcus tubae auditivae * tympanic sulcus ----fistula
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* fistuleNoun
- Small fistulæ are to be closed bilaterally in an antero-posterior line
- There are several reasons why a manual on this disease should be a part of the veterinary literature of the day, the chief one being that fistula of the withers is a very prevalent disease of horses and thus exacts a big toll from the horse industry.
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- Fistulas' are abnormal communications between two epithelialized surfaces. The causes of enterocutaneous '''fistulas''' can be remembered using the mnemonic FRIEND: '''F'''oreign body, '''R'''adiation, '''I'''nflammation/Infection/Inflammatory bowel disease, '''E'''pithelialization, '''N'''eoplasm, and '''D'''istal obstruction. Fifteen to twenty-five percent of enterocutaneous ' fistulas arise spontaneously as in, for example, Crohn's disease or cancer.
- An intestinal fistula is an unwanted pathway from intestines to other organs (e.g., the bladder).
