Before Anesthesia. It is necessary to have an empty stomach before receiving general anesthesia. In most cases, patients are required to abstain from eating and drinking after midnight on the night before their scheduled surgery to reduce the chances of vomiting while under anesthesia. When a person is under general anesthesia, the body does not work normally.
Definition of AMPULLA OF LORENZINI. : any of the pores on the snouts of marine sharks and rays that contain receptors highly sensitive to weak electric fields.
1. a cone-shaped structure. 2. posterior staphyloma of the myopic eye. conus arterioÂ´sus the anterosuperior portion of the right ventricle of the heart, at the entrance to the pulmonary trunk. Called also infundibulum. conus medullaÂ´ris the cone-shaped lower end of the spinal cord, at the level of the upper lumbar vertebrae. (kÅ'nÅ­s), , pl.