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Bones of the leg, ankle and foot
Are 62 lower extremity bones. They consist of 10 hip and leg, 14 ankle and 38 foot bones. > >The 10 hip and leg bones are the innominate or hip bone (fusion of the ilium, ischium, and pubis), femur, tibia, fibula, and patella (kneecap) on…
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- Illness, heat-related A person with symptoms including headache, nausea, and fatigue after exposure to heat probably has some…
- Bursitis, septic A bursa is a closed fluid-filled sac that functions as a gliding surface to reduce friction between tissues…
- Small saphenous vein The smaller of the two saphenous veins, the principal veins that run up the leg superficially (near the…
- Luxation Complete dislocation of a joint. A partial dislocation is a subluxation
- EGD Epidermal growth factor. A polypeptide (small protein) that is a powerful mitogen. (It stimulates cells to…
- Glycine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A nonessential amino acid, glycine is part of many…
- Six fingers or toes The presence of an extra sixth finger or toe, a very common congenital malformation (birth defect). This…
- EBA (epidermolysis bullosa acquisita) See: Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita
- Blood blister A blister full of blood due to a pinch, bruise or repeated friction. A blister is medically termed a vesicle…
- Alpha-synuclein One in a family of structurally related proteins that are prominently expressed in the central nervous…
- Bacterial prostatitis, chronic Prostatitis, chronic: Longstanding bacterial infection of the prostate gland superimposed on a defect in the…