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Visceral pericardium
The inner layer of the pericardium, a conical sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart and the roots of the great blood vessels. The pericardium has outer and inner coats. The outer coat is tough and thickened, loosely cloaks the…
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- Type I error The statistical error (said to be 'of the first kind' or alpha error) made in testing an hypothesis when it…
- Facial nerve paralysis Loss of voluntary movement of the muscles on one side of the face due to abnormal function of the facial…
- APS (autoimmune polyglandular syndrome) A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by…
- Horace Albert Barker See: Barker, Horace Albert
- Lipodystrophy, cephalothoracic A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper…
- C6 (cervical vertebra) The sixth cervical (neck) vertebra from the top. The next-to-last of the seven cervical vertebrae
- Filler An inactive substance used to make a product bigger or easier to handle. For example, fillers are often used…
- Diabetic retinopathy A common complication of diabetes affecting the blood vessels in the retina (the thin light-sensitive…
- Thrombosis, cavernous sinus A cavernous sinus thrombosis is a blood clot within the cavernous sinus, a large channel of venous blood in a…
- Family 1. A group of individuals related by blood or marriage or by a feeling of closeness. 2. A biological…
- Sphingomyelinase deficiency Also called Niemann-Pick disease, this is a disorder of the metabolism of a lipid (fat) called sphingomyelin…