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Film, lateral
An X-ray picture taken from the side
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- Pylorus The outlet of the stomach.
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- Posterior The space in the eye behind the iris and in front of the lens. (The iris is the colored ring of tissue that…
- Photokeratitis A burn of the cornea (the clear front surface of the eye) by ultraviolet B rays (UVB). Also called radiation…
- Anatomy, gross Better known among medical students simply as 'gross', gross anatomy is the study of the form of structures…
- Cord, vocal See: Vocal cord
- Seventh cranial nerve The seventh cranial nerve is the facial nerve, a mixed nerve that has fibers both going out and coming in…
- Qualm 1. Sickness, disease, pestilence, or death. As in 'A thousand slain and not of qualm ystorve [not dead of…
- Hypnos The Greek and Roman god of sleep. From his name is derived the term hypnosis. Hypnos was the twin of…