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Cerebral ventricle
>Lateral ventricles: The lateral ventricles are in the cerebral hemispheres. Each lateral ventricle consists of a triangular central body and four horns. The lateral ventricles communicate with the third ventricle through what is called…
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- Prenatal Occurring or existing before birth. Prenatal care is the regular health care women should receive during…
- Childbirth assistant See: Doula (the first meaning)
- Erotomania The false but persistent belief that one is loved by a person (often a famous or prominent person), or the…
- Hyperpigmentation Dark spots on the skin. Hyperpigmentation is primarily a cosmetic concern that can be covered with make-up…
- Spur, heel A bony spur projecting from the back or underside of the heel that often makes walking painful. Spurs at the…
- Macroglobulinemia A condition in which the blood contains high levels of large proteins and is too thick to flow through small…
- Cranial nerve XI The eleventh cranial nerve is the accessory nerve. The twelve cranial nerves, the accessory nerve included…
- Atrophy, peroneal muscular Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Test, Brazelton A widely used test of the newborn baby as to their neurologic status and developmental progress. The…
- Selective tubal occlusion procedure (The acronym for selective tubal occlusion procedure is STOP.) A nonsurgical form of permanent birth control…
- Orchiopexy Surgery to bring down an undescended testicle