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Balance, sense of
Our sense of balance is regulated by a complex interaction of the following parts of the nervous system: > >The inner ears (also called the labyrinth) monitor the directions of motion, such as turning or forward-backward, side-to-side, and…
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- Curare A muscle relaxant used in anesthesia (and, in the past, in arrow poisons by South American Indians). Curare…
- Dercum disease A condition characterized by painful fatty tumors (lipomas) beneath the skin. The diseases tends to be…
- Somatostatin A hormone widely distributed throughout the body, especially in the hypothalamus and pancreas, that acts as…
- Orbital ridge The bony ridge beneath the eyebrow
- Onychocryptosis The medical term for what is better known as an ingrown toenail. From onycho-, nail + crypto-, hidden or…
- Myocardium The heart muscle.
- Gyri The plural of gyrus
- Allopath Or allopathist. A term sometimes applied to a physician who practices conventional medicine (allopathy)
- Torsion fracture A fracture, also called a spiral fracture, in which a bone has been twisted apart. align=center>
- Vaccine, German measles A vaccine designed to prevent rubella, or German measles. German measles was once seen merely as a child's…
- Hypohidrosis Subnormal sweating, less sweating than usual. Hidrosis meaning sweating, so hypohidrosis is literally…