Torcular

B, within which the "torcular Herophili" is situated, and from this point passing through the median line of the vertex forwards to Z the frontal sinus, the trephine should not be applied, as this line marks the locality of the superior longitudinal sinus. ❋ Joseph Maclise (N/A)

Herophilus, ille anatomicorum coryphæus, as Vesalius calls him, was a pupil of Praxagoras, and his name is still in everyday use by medical students, attached to the torcular Herophili. ❋ Unknown (1921)

The columns of blood coming in different directions were supposed to be pressed together at this point (torcular, a wine press). ❋ Unknown (1918)

The angle of union of the superior sagittal and transverse sinuses is named the confluence of the sinuses (torcular Herophili25), and its position is indicated by a depression situated on one or other side of the protuberance. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The Confluence of the Sinuses (confluens sinuum; torcular Herophili) is the term applied to the dilated extremity of the superior sagittal sinus. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Herophilus, after whom the torcular herophili within the skull is named, and who invented the term calamus scriptorius for certain appearances in the fourth ventricle. ❋ James Joseph Walsh (1903)

Herophilus, ille anatomicorum coryphaeus, as Vesalius calls him, was a pupil of Praxagoras, and his name is still in everyday use by medical students, attached to the torcular Herophili. ❋ William Osler (1884)

If the murex has not changed its quality, if the press (torcular) is still there to receive its one vintage, it must be the fault of the labourers that the dye is not forthcoming. ❋ Senator Cassiodorus (1872)

You shall have more juyce by pressing the Quinces in a torcular, but it will be clearer, doing it with your hands; both ways, you lap them in a strainer. ❋ Kenelm Digby (1634)

He distinguished the blood sinuses of the skull, and the _torcular Herophili_ (winepress of ❋ Various (N/A)