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Tube, Fallopian
The two Fallopian tubes, one on each side, transport the egg from the ovary to the uterus (the womb). The Fallopian tubes have small hair-like projections called cilia on the cells of the lining. These tubal cilia are essential to the…
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- Arteries, coronary The vessels that supply the heart muscle with blood rich in oxygen. They are called the coronary arteries…
- Palliation To palliate a disease is to treat it partially and insofar as possible, but not cure it completely…
- Drug-resistant tuberculosis See: Tuberculosis, drug-resistant
- Cancer, breast, susceptibility genes Cancer, breast, susceptibility genes: Inherited factors that predispose to breast cancer. Put otherwise…
- Footling presentation There are single-footling or double-footling presentations depending upon whether the presenting part of the…
- Watson See: Watson, James
- Acute leukemia Leukemia: Cancer of the white blood cells (leukemia) that characteristically comes on abruptly and, if not…
- Second-hand smoke Environmental tobacco smoke that is inhaled involuntarily or passively by someone who is not smoking…
- CPM machine A machine used to help rehabilitate a limb (an arm or leg). The continuous passive motion (CPM) machine is…
- Shoulder pain Pain in the shoulder due to an injury or disease. The design of the shoulder joint is such that it sacrifices…
- Vaginal yeast infection Infection of the vagina caused by a fungus known as Candida. A yeast vaginal infection is characterized by…