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Triceps
The triceps muscle extends (straightens) the elbow. Its full name is the triceps brachii. It can be felt as the tense muscle in the back of the upper arm while doing push-ups. Its full name is the triceps brachii. The triceps has three…
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- Stroke Stroke: The sudden death of some brain cells due to a lack of oxygen when the blood flow to the brain is…
- Amnestic aphasia See Anomia
- Last menstrual period By convention, pregnancies are dated in weeks starting from the first day of a woman's last menstrual period…
- Nephroblastomatosis The presence of multiple embryonic rests of tissue within the kidney. These nephrogenic rests usually are…
- Morton nerve entrapment See: Morton's neuroma
- Monoclonal Pertaining to a single clone of cells, a single cell and the progeny of that cell. As opposed to polyclonal…
- Eclampsia Convulsions (seizures) occurring with pregnancy-associated high blood pressure and having no other cause
- AVM An AVM (arteriovenous malformation) is a congenital disorder (one present at birth) of blood vessels in the…
- Lunula 1. The crescent-shaped area at the base of a fingernail or toenail. 2. Any small crescent- or moon-shaped…
- Jaw The bones below the mouth (the mandible) and the bone above the mouth just above the mouth (the maxilla). The…