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sple·ni·us

 (splē′nē-əs)
n. pl. sple·ni·i (-nē-ī′)
Either of two muscles of the back of the neck, extending from the upper vertebrae to the base of the skull, that rotate and extend the head and neck.

[New Latin splēnius, from Latin splēnium, patch, plaster (from its shape), from Greek splēnion, from splēn, spleen.]

sple′ni·al (-nē-əl) adj.
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(3.) Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion (MERS) in adults-a case report and literature review.
Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion (MERS) is a clinicoradiologic syndrome first described by Tada et al (1).
The iter (black snowflake) and splenial (white circle) positions, formerly supratentorial, now approach the incisural line (black reference line): (c) Grade 3 advanced central incisural herniation.
Reversible splenial lesion syndrome can develop in association with various factors, such as infection, seizures and/or antiepileptic drug withdrawal (1-3).
Detection of group A rotavirus RNA and antigens in serum and cerebrospinal fluid from two children with clinically mild encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion.
Several studies have found significant sex differences in length, shape and volume of CC with females having larger relative splenial width.
Hugdahl, "Dichotic listening in patients with splenial and nonsplenial callosal lesions," Neuropsychology, vol.
MRI revealed a bilateral symmetrical bright T2 and FLAIR white matter intensity involving the posterior parietal sections of both cerebral hemispheres, as well as the genu and splenial segments of the corpus callosum, with patchy diffusion restriction in the DW/ADC map series: features of PRES either with atypical findings of patchy diffusion restriction or complicated with ischemia.
(6) Each ramus of the mandible consists of the os supra-angulare (dorsal supra-angular bone), os angulare (ventral angular bone), os articulare (osterior articular bone), os spleniale (splenial bone), os prearticulare (prearticular bone), and os dentale (dentary bone) (Fig 9).