Jacobin
1. A Dominican friar; so named because, before the French Revolution, that order had a convent in the Rue St. Jacques, P (more...)

Jacobite
1. A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution (more...)

Jacobson, Ludwig
<person> Danish anatomist, 1783-1843.

Jacobson's Anastomosis
A portion of the tympanic plexus.

Tympanic Canaliculus
A minute canal passing from the inferior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone between the jugular fossa a (more...)

Cartilago Vomeronasalis
A narrow strip of cartilage located between the lower edge of the cartilage of the nasal septum and the vomer.

Tympanic Nerve
<anatomy, nerve> A nerve from the inferior ganglion of the glossopharyngeal nerve, passing through the tympanic ca (more...)

Vomeronasal Organ
A specialised part of the olfactory system located anteriorly in the nasal cavity within the nasal septum. Chemosensitiv (more...)

Tympanic Plexus
A plexus on the promontory of the labyrinthine wall of the tympanic cavity, formed by the tympanic nerve, an anastomotic (more...)

Jacobson's Reflex
Flexion of the fingers elicited by tapping the flexor tendons over the wrist joint or the lower end of the radius.