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Glossopharyngeal nerve
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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Show more- Kinome A subset of the genome consisting of the protein kinase genes. The complete complement of over 500 protein…
- Hepatomegaly An enlarged liver. 'Hepato-' comes from the Greek 'hepatikos' (of the liver) + 'megaly' from the Greek…
- Syndrome, radial aplasia-thrombocytopenia See Syndrome, TAR
- Film, tear See: Tear film
- Infantile paralysis (polio) Infantile paralysis is an old synonym for poliomyelitis, an acute and sometimes devastating viral disease…
- Temple An area just behind and to the side of the forehead and the eye, above the side of the check bone (the…
- Brainstem The lowest part of the brain which merges with the spinal cord and provides the major route by which the…
- Dannie Abse See: Abse, Dannie
- Cholera genome The genome of the bacterium called Vibrio cholerae that causes cholera. This genome contains over 4 million…
- Senility 1. Originally, old age. 2. The physical decline associated with old age. 3. The mental decline once…
- SAD A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitting saddle. Also called a saddle sore.
- Sulcus A groove, crevice, or furrow. In medicine, there are many sulci (plural of sulcus) as, for example, the…