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Pedículo

Definición

Es un tallo o pedúnculo de tejido que conecta partes del cuerpo entre sí. El cerebro posee muchos pedículos (tales como el pedículo cerebral y el pedículo cerebelar medio) que conectan áreas del cerebro entre sí.

Las marcas en la piel son pequeñas porciones de tejido cutáneo que se conectan al cuerpo mediante un pedículo.

Nombres alternativos

Pedúnculo

Revision

Last reviewed 2/17/2011 by David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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