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Bones of the head
There are 29 bones in the human head. They consist of 8 cranial bones, 14 facial bones, the hyoid bone, and 6 auditory (ear) bones. > >The 8 cranial bones are the frontal, 2 parietal, occipital, 2 temporal, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones…
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Show more- Sign, toe An important neurologic test based upon what the toes do when the sole of the foot is stimulated. If the big…
- Homozygote A person who has two identical forms of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent. For example, a…
- Amyloidosis, primary Amyloidosis, primary: A disorder of plasma cells (special white blood cells that produce antibodies), this is…
- Os sacrum The large, heavy bone at the base of the spine, which is made up of fused sacral vertebrae. The sacrum is…
- Tomography, computerized See: Computerized tomography
- Laparotomy An operation to open the abdomen. The word 'laparotomy' was first used to designate this operation in 1878 by…
- Endometriosis uterina Also known as adenomyosis (pronounced ad-den-o-mi-o-sis), this is a common benign condition of the uterus in…
- Prostate gland A gland within the male reproductive system that is located just below the bladder. Chestnut shaped, the…
- Ligate To tie or to tie off, as in to ligate an artery. From the Latin 'ligare' meaning 'to bind or tie.' Ligature…
- Prostate cancer Prostate cancer: An uncontrolled (malignant) growth of cells in the prostate gland which is located at the…
- Hapten In immunology, a molecule that is incapable, alone, of causing the production of antibodies but which can do…
- Scale, Centigrade Thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 0°C and the boiling point of water at sea level is…