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Nerve, glossopharyngeal
The glossopharyngeal nerve is the ninth cranial nerve. The 12 cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerve included, emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from the vertebral column. The…
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- Chasing the dragon A practice of heroin use involving heating heroin and then inhaling it. Some heroin users have gone to this…
- Surgery The word 'surgery' has multiple meanings. It is the branch of medicine concerned with diseases and conditions…
- Anemia, addisonian Anemia, addisonian: A blood disorder caused by a lack of vitamin B12. Patients who have this disorder do not…
- Uterine tube Also called the Fallopian tube. There are two Fallopian tubes, one on each side. They transport the egg from…
- Remodelling, chromatin See: Chromatin remodeling
- Fear of the number 13 A morbid fear of the number 13. Also known as triskaidekaphobia. Written reference to the superstitious fear…
- Respiratory rate The number of breaths per minute or, more formally, the number of movements indicative of inspiration and…
- Sense, balance Our sense of balance is regulated by a complex interaction of the following parts of the nervous system: >…
- Hoarseness Hoarseness: Hoarseness is a term referring to abnormal voice changes. Hoarseness may be manifested as a voice…
- Flores man See: Homo floresiensis
- Low placenta Location of the placenta in the lower part of the uterus (womb) so that the placenta partially or completely…