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reticular
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 having the structure of a net or a network; netlike 2 Of or pertaining to a reticulum
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reticular \Re*tic"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]ticulaire. See Reticule .] Having the form of a net, or of network; formed with interstices; retiform; as, reticular cartilage; a reticular leaf. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a reticulum.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, from Modern Latin reticularis , from Latin reticulum "little net" (see reticulate (adj.)).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Reticular describes a set of connective tissue, fibers, etc., in network form such as with cross-link bonds. Reticular may also refer to: Reticular activating system , a set of connected nuclei in the brains of vertebrates Reticular formation , a region ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system" [syn: reticulate , reticulated ] [ant: nonreticulate ]
Usage examples of reticular.
A delicate operation had removed part of the reticular formation, the section of the hindbrain that controls sleep.
General anaesthesia that is considered acceptable to use on human persons must suppress this reticular formation.
Superconducting quantum interference devices that interfaced with specific neurons in the reticular activating system, the elaborate network in the brain that filtered sensory data, setting up a virtual model of the STP software and downloading data through it.
These cells receive input from the spinal cord reticular formation, a neuronal network that receives inputs from the entire somato-sensory system.
The Toydarian fairly beamed with delight, his reticular snout curling over his toothy mouth and making odd smacking noises.
Finally the only part left to replace was the reticular activating center.
There is a reticular activating system which coordinates the various levels in their task of receiving sensations.
It is indeed an important portion of the reticular activating system which accepts and sifts incoming sensory data.
The working of the reticular activating system and the mutual stimulation of hypothalamus and cortex may be insufficient to maintain wakefulness in the absence of a normal amount of varying stimuli entering the cortex.
In addition, sensations from muscles and joints continually arrive at the reticular activating system in the brain stem.
The ascending tracts collect the various sensations picked up by the spinal cord and carry them upward, through the reticular activating system.
The reticular activating system, by blocking sensations that no longer carry useful or novel information, keeps our cerebrum open for important business.
Clark Nelson, had stumbled onto a butyrophenone derivative which had slowed the electrical activity only in the reticular formation of a monkey.
These include: (1) significant anomalies throughout the neocortical regions and topical convolutionary conduits, (2) structural anomalies in the vascular and neural networks of the infundibulum, the pyramidal tracts, and the hippocampus, (3) pineal insufficiency, and (4) reticular imbalance of the pons and attendant cerebellar pathways.
Galen's physiological explanation for the four temperaments had been wrong, of course, and bile, choler, blood and phlegm had now been replaced as causative agents by the ascending reticular activating system and the autonomic nervous system.