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Show more- Pneumopericardium Air or gas in the space between the heart and the pericardium, the membrane surrounding the heart.
- Pectoral muscles Muscles of the 'anterior chest' (the front of the chest). Familiarly called the pecs. The Latin 'pectus'…
- Chorea, Sydenham's See: Sydenham chorea
- Osteonecrosis Bone death resulting from poor blood supply to an area of bone. Also known as aseptic necrosis or avascular…
- Scan, CAT Pictures of structures within the body created by a computer that takes the data from multiple X-ray images…
- Dilatate To enlarge or expand. For example, to dilatate the eye is to enlarge the pupil temporarily with special…
- Obese Well above ones normal weight. A person has traditionally been considered to be obese if they are more than…
- Cranial nerve X The tenth cranial nerve, and one of the most important, is the vagus nerve. All twelve of the cranial nerves…
- Viral hepatitis Viral hepatitis: Viral hepatitis is liver inflammation caused by viruses. Specific hepatitis viruses have…
- Vitreous A clear, jelly-like substance that fills the middle of the eye. Also called the vitreous humor, 'humor' in…
- Gynecoid pelvis The gynecoid pelvis is one that is generally characteristic of a woman in its bone structure and therefore…
- Multislice CT See: Multidetector computed tomography