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Ear, inner
There are three sections of the ear. They are the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The inner ear is far and away the most highly complex. The essential component of the inner ear for hearing is the membranous labyrinth…
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- Intracranial Within the cranium, the bony dome that houses and protects the brain. An intracranial hemorrhage is bleeding…
- Epstein-Barr virus A virus, abbreviated EBV, best known as the cause of infectious mononucleosis ('mono'). Infection with EBV is…
- Collagen IV alpha 5 See: COL4A5
- Upper GI series Upper GI series: A series of x-rays of the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine (upper gastrointestinal…
- Joint, calcaneocuboid The calcaneocuboid joint is located in the foot between the calcaneus bone (the heel bone) and the cuboid…
- GALT The enzyme (galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase) lack of which causes the genetic metabolic disease…
- Panmixus Random mating
- B cell A type of white blood cell and, specifically, a type of lymphocyte. Many B cells mature into what are called…
- Cat scratch fever A bacterial infection due to a cat scratch seen most often today in people with HIV. The disease…
- Coxsackie virus Coxsackie virus: See: Coxsackievirus.
- Hepatitis D, E, F, and G Lesser known (than hepatitis A, B, and C), the most significant of these seems to be type D, or the delta…