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Cranial nerve, eleventh
The eleventh cranial nerve is the accessory nerve. The twelve cranial nerves, the accessory nerve included, emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium) as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from the vertebral column. The accessory…
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- Progestin Any one of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone
- AIDS wasting syndrome The involuntary weight loss of 10% of baseline body weight plus either chronic diarrhea (two loose stools per…
- Rem In radiation, Roentgen equivalent for man, a roentgen (an international unit of X- or gamma-radiation)…
- Scoliosis, acquired Lateral (sideways) curving of the spine present at birth or due to a condition present at birth. The…
- Lymphoma, lymphoblastic A rapidly moving, aggressive form of lymphoma most often seen in children or young adults. Treatment may be…
- Hospital-acquired infection An infection caught while hospitalized. The medical term for a hospital-acquired infection is 'nosocomial.'…
- Cancer causes A greater-than-expected number of cancer cases that occurs within a group of people in a geographic area over…
- Cryoglobulin An abnormal blood protein that has the unusual properties of precipitating from the blood serum when it is…
- Memory, working Short-term (recent) memory. Working memory is a system for temporarily storing and managing the information…
- Pancreatic carcinoma See: Pancreatic cancer
- Dominant, autosomal See: Fredrickson, Donald.