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Nerve, glossopharyngeal
The glossopharyngeal nerve is the ninth cranial nerve. The 12 cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerve included, emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from the vertebral column. The…
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- Seizure, automatic See: Automatic seizure
- Pharmacology The study of drugs, their sources, their nature, and their properties. Pharmacology is the study of the…
- Familial dysautonomia A genetic disorder of the autonomic nervous system, affecting especially Ashkenazi Jewish children. Familial…
- Fibrous dysplasia, polyostotic The lateral (outside) and smaller of the two long bones in the lower leg between the knee and ankle. (The…
- Myocarditis, viral Inflammation of the muscles in the walls of the heart due to a viral infection. Among the offenders are dozen…
- Phobia, social Excessive fear of embarrassment in social situations that is extremely intrusive and can have debilitating…
- Petechiae Pinpoint flat round red spots under the skin surface caused by intradermal hemorrhage (bleeding into the…
- Hepatic- A combining form used before a vowel to indicate a relationship to a hepatic duct or the liver. From the…
- Thalassemia minor Also called thalassemia trait, thalassemia minor is the carrier state for beta thalassemia. People who are…