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Accessory nerve
The eleventh cranial nerve, which emerges from the skull and receives an additional (accessory) root from the upper part of the spinal cord. It supplies the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles. The sternocleidomastoid muscle is in…
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- Os sacrum The large, heavy bone at the base of the spine, which is made up of fused sacral vertebrae. The sacrum is…
- Hepatitis E A form of liver disease characterized by inflammation of the liver due to infection with the hepatitis E…
- Miliary tuberculosis See: Tuberculosis, miliary
- Diabetes, brittle A type of diabetes when a person's blood glucose (sugar) level often swings quickly from high to low and from…
- Sex-determining region, Y See: Y sex-determining region
- Carpal tunnel release A surgical procedure to relieve pressure exerted on the median nerve within the carpal tunnel (the carpal…