Dissection

The dissection ( Latin dissectio , from dissecare , "cut up") describes

• Dissection (surgery) : the surgical removal of soft tissue or lymph nodes ( lymph node dissection ),
• Dissection (artery) : the splitting of arterial vessel wall layers. The arterial dissection is usually caused by a tear in the inner vessel wall ( intima ) with subsequent bleeding between the layers of intima and media . See also aortic dissection
• Dissection (joint) (not very common today) in the case of joint injuries a dislocation or dislocation (Latin) in which the joint head jumps out of the joint socket and does not return to its original position. A subtype is the subluxation - here the joint surfaces are still partially facing each other. It is usually accompanied by strained ligaments and overstretching of the joint capsule.
• Dissection (bone) : The detachment of a fragment consisting of cartilage and bone ( osteochondral fragment ) from a joint surface in osteochondrosis dissecans or Ahlbäck's disease is also referred to as dissection, the detached fragment (colloquially the joint mouse ) is called dissecat .
• Dissection (autopsy) : (not widely used today) in the Latin form dissectio an autopsy (also section ).

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.