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Bone, sphenoid
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- Efferent Carrying away. An artery is an efferent vessel carrying blood away from the heart. An efferent nerve carries…
- Map, linkage A map of the genes on a chromosome based on linkage analysis. A linkage map does not show the physical…
- Health As officially defined by the World Health Organization, a state of complete physical, mental, and social…
- Amyloidosis, primary Amyloidosis, primary: A disorder of plasma cells (special white blood cells that produce antibodies), this is…
- Computerized axial tomography (CAT) Cat scanning adds X-ray images with the aid of a computer to generate cross-sectional views anatomy. It can…
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- Disease, sickle cell A genetic blood disease due to the presence of an abnormal form of hemoglobin, namely hemoglobin S…
- Recessive A condition that appears only in individuals who have received two copies of a mutant gene, one copy from…
- Angiostatin Angiostatin is a piece (a fragment) of a protein, plasminogen, used normally in blood clotting. This fragment…
- Mean cell volume A standard part of the complete blood count, the mean cell volume (MCV) is the average volume of a red blood…