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Introitus, facial canal
In anatomy, an introitus is an entrance, one that goes into a canal or hollow organ. The introitus of the facial canal is the entrance to the facial canal, a passage in the temporal bone of the skull through which the facial nerve (the 7th…
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Show more- Sentinel-lymph-node biopsy See: Sentinel lymph node biopsy
- Aneurysmal bruit A blowing sound heard over an aneurysm, a widening of a vessel. Bruit is French for noise
- Product, gene The RNA or protein that results from the expression of a gene. The amount of gene product is a measure of the…
- TRNA Transfer RNA
- Transmission, perinatal Transmission of a disease-causing agent (a pathogen) from mother to baby during the perinatal period, the…
- Arthritis, Lyme Inflammation of the joints associated with Lyme disease, a bacterial disease spread by ticks
- Aneurysm, venous An aneurysm involving a vein. As opposed to an arterial aneurysm or a cardiac aneurysm. An aneurysm is a…
- Immunity, innate See: Innate immunity
- FMR1 The gene responsible for the production of a protein called FMRP. Lack of FMRP results in the fragile X…
- Vincent stomatitis This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Blot, Northern A technique in molecular biology, used mainly to separate and identify pieces of RNA. Called a Northern blot…
- Score, Apgar A practical method to assess a newborn infant, the Apgar score is a number arrived at by scoring the heart…