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Checkpoint
The side of the face forming the side wall of the mouth. The cheek bone is part of the temporal bone of the skull that provides the prominence of the cheek. The word "cheek" comes from the Middle English "cheke" meaning the fleshy part of…
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Show more- Cleidocranial dysostosis >Absent or incompletely formed collar bones (the 'cleido-' part refers to the clavicles, the collar bones)…
- Abuse, verbal child Also known as emotional child abuse, this is the third most frequently reported form of child abuse (after…
- PSA See: Primary sclerosing cholangitis.
- Mapping, gene The process of determining the relative positions of genes on a chromosome (or another piece of DNA) and the…
- Chromatids The daughter strands of a duplicated chromosome joined together by a centromere.
- Ulcer, esophageal A hole in the lining of the esophagus (tube-like organ leading from the throat to the stomach) corroded by…
- Systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid
- Sickle cell disease A genetic blood disease due to the presence of an abnormal form of hemoglobin, namely hemoglobin S…
- Ventricular assist device A mechanical pump that takes over the function of the damaged ventricle of the heart and restores normal…
- Ventricle, third >Lateral ventricles: The lateral ventricles are in the cerebral hemispheres, one in each hemisphere. Each…
- Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome Failure from birth of central nervous system control over breathing while asleep. There are usually no…
- Syndrome, Noonan (NS) A multifaceted genetic disorder characterized by a series of birth defects (congenital malformations)…