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Ligaments, knee
Ligaments are strong, elastic bands of tissue that connect bone to bone. They provide strength and stability to the joint. Four ligaments connect the femur (the bone in the thigh) with the tibia (the larger bone in the lower leg): > >The…
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- Isotope A form of a chemical element with the same atomic number as another element but having a different atomic…
- Atherosclerotic aneurysm The most common type of aneurysm, affecting the abdominal portion of the aorta and other large arteries…
- Scan, spiral CAT A conventional computerized axial tomography scan (CAT scan or CT scan) is an x-ray procedure which combines…
- Dislocation of the radial head See: Nursemaid's elbow
- Prognathism An overly prominent jaw.
- Mm Abbreviation for millimeters. For example, mm Hg means millimeters of mercury, the height of a column of…
- Jaundice, neonatal Yellowish staining of the skin and whites of the newborn's eyes (sclerae) by pigment of bile (bilirubin). In…
- Leu Leucine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Jerk, sleep See: Hypnic jerk
- MECP2 (methyl-CpG-binding protein-2) An enzyme which, when mutated, results in RTT (Rett syndrome), a genetic disease that is a uniform and…
- Invasive candidiasis A fungal infection that occurs when Candida (a yeast-like fungus) enters the bloodstream and then spreads…