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BASILAR
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or located at the base
Example:
the basilar membrane of the cochlea
Synonyms:
basilar; basilary
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
base ((anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment)
Derivation:
base (the bottom or lowest part)
Context examples:
A basilar artery branch that supplies the anterior portion of the inferior surface of the cerebellum.
(Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
The anterior aspect of the foramen magnum formed by the basilar part of the occipital bone.
(Anterior Foramen Magnum, NCI Thesaurus)
A blood vessel branching from the basilar artery that runs along the auditory nerve to supply the inner ear.
(Internal Auditory Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
A muscle originating from the anterior tubercle of the transverse processes of cervical vertebrae three through six that inserts at the basilar process of the occipital bone acting to turn the neck anteriorly.
(Longus Capitis, NCI Thesaurus)
A syndrome which occurs as a result of the occlusion of the basilar artery.
(Basilar Artery Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
The basilar papilla in chickens, like the cochlea in mammals, has hair cells arranged along the length of a basilar membrane according to frequency.
(Hearing different frequencies, NIH)
When the cochlea moves in response to sound, a slight shearing force occurs between the basilar and tectorial membranes, the stereocilia bend and send electrical impulses to the brain via the eighth cranial nerve.
(Inner Hair Cell of the Organ of the Corti, NCI Thesaurus)
While this stepwise arrangement of hair cells on the basilar membrane—the tonotopic map—has been known for years, how the cells become ordered this way was unknown.
(Hearing different frequencies, NIH)
These cells are ordered along the basilar membrane according to the frequencies they detect.
(Hearing different frequencies, NIH)
The scientists identified a concentration gradient of bone morphogenetic protein 7 (Bmp7) across the length of the basilar papilla at the time of chick hair cell formation.
(Hearing different frequencies, NIH)
