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Septum, nasal
The dividing wall within the nose. The nasal septum runs down the middle of the nose creating two sides to the nose, each containing a passageway that ends in a nare (nostril). The nasal septum is not as simple a structure as it may seem…
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Show more- Pelvis, gynecoid The gynecoid pelvis is one that is generally characteristic of a woman in its bone structure and therefore…
- Atherosclerotic aneurysm The most common type of aneurysm, affecting the abdominal portion of the aorta and other large arteries…
- Palpebral fissure The opening for the eyes between the eyelids.
- Lateral ventricle >Lateral ventricles: The lateral ventricles are in the cerebral hemispheres, one in each hemisphere. Each…
- Beef tapeworm Taenia saginata, the most common of the big tapeworms that parasitizes people, contracted from infected raw…
- Phalangeal Pertaining to a phalanx (a bone in the finger or toe)
- Alternate hemiplegia See: Alternating hemiplegia of childhood
- Inheritance, mitochondrial The type of hereditary pattern seen when there is more than one genetic factor involved and, sometimes, when…
- Pinguecula A yellow spot on the white of the eye, usually toward the inside (nose side) of the eye, associated with…
- PEP The abbreviation PEP stands for a number of things in medicine including post-exposure prophylaxis…
- Vibrio cholerae genome See: Cholera genome
- Lab result The result of a test done in a laboratory