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Serratus posterior inferior
One of the serratus muscles of the back and thorax. The serratus posterior inferior muscle originates, together with latissimus dorsi, from the spinous processes of two lower thoracic vertebrae and the two upper lumbar vertebrae and it…
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- Liminal In neurolgy, at the threshold of perception to a sensory stimulus. In other words, just barely perceptible to…
- Upper motor neuron A neuron that starts in the motor cortex of the brain and terminates within the medulla (another part of the…
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- Orbit In medicine, the bony cavity in which the eyeball sits together with its associated muscles, blood vessels…
- Endoplasmic reticulum A structure within cells that is an extension of the nuclear membrane and in which proteins slated to become…
- Regional lymphadenitis Cat scratch disease, a mild flu-like infection, with swollen lymph nodes (lymphadenitis) and mild fever of…
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