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Ligament, posterior cruciate
The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint (collateral ligaments) as well as crossing within the joint (cruciate ligaments). These ligaments provide stability and strength…
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Show more- Miller-Dieker syndrome A congenital malformation syndrome characterized by lissencephaly ('smooth brain') and a characteristic…
- Psychodynamic drug See: Psychotropic drug
- Hammer toe A flexed (curled) but not abnormally rotated toe. May require surgical correction
- Rib, cervical A extra rib which arises from the seventh cervical vertebra. It is located above the normal first rib. A…
- Diachronic The word 'diachronic' is from the Greek dia-, through + chronos, time = through time. As opposed to…
- Proteus syndrome A disturbance of cell growth including benign tumors under the skin, overgrowth of the body, often more on…
- Facultative heterochromatin Chromosome material that can be either heterochromatin or euchromatin. The inactive X chromosome is made up…
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders Stroke (NINDS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NINDS's mission is to 'support and…
- Ear pit Tiny pit in front of the ear: preauricular pit. A minor anomaly of no great consequence in itself. More…
- VCU Voiding cystourethrography. Or voiding cystourethrogram
- Vulvar cancer See: Cancer of the vulva
- Multislice CT See: Multidetector computed tomography