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Serratus magnus
One of the serratus muscles of the back and thorax. The serratus magnus originates from the lateral aspect (the side) of the first eight to nine ribs and inserts into the medial margin of the scapula (wing bone). The serratus anterior…
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- FDA recalls Recalls: The recall of a defective or possibly harmful product by the US Food & Drug Administration (the…
- Concatenate To link together in a chain or in a series. For example, the lymph nodes that appeared enlarged were…
- Cancer, colon A malignancy that arises from the inner lining of the colon. Most, if not all, of these cancers develop from…
- Leukemia, refractory Leukemia in which the high level of white blood cells is not decreasing in response to treatment
- Enteroplasty Surgery on the intestine, especially to enlarge a constricted segment or lengthen a short bowel
- Gaucher disease, types 2-5 A series of disease due to glucocerebrosidase deficiency and accumulation of glucocerebroside in cells. By…
- Basal ganglia A region consisting of 3 clusters of neurons (called the caudate nucleus, putamen, and the globus pallidus)…
- Gibbon heart-lung machine The first heart-lung machine. Named for the American physician John H. Gibbon who built it in 1937. This…
- CPEO with ragged-red fibers See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome