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Heart, right
The heart is composed functionally of two hearts - the right heart and the left heart. The right heart consists of the right atrium which receives deoxygenated blood from the body and the right ventricle which pumps it to the lungs. The…
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- Male gonad The male gonad, the testicle (or testis), located behind the penis in a pouch of skin (the scrotum). The…
- Hallux varus An inward bending (varus) of the joint of the big toe (the hallux).
- Inversion, paracentric chromosome A basic type of chromosome rearrangement in which a segment that does not include the centromere (and so is…
- Muscular dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss Abbreviated EDMD. A form of muscular dystrophy that begins in childhood or adolescence as a slowly…
- Guttate psoriasis A type of psoriasis characterized by red, scaly patches of inflamed skin on all parts of the body. It is…
- Osteodystrophy, renal A bone growth disorder caused by chronic kidney failure (renal disease). Also known as renal osteodystrophy
- Jerk, sleep See: Hypnic jerk
- Side effects Problems that occur when treatment goes beyond the desired effect. Or problems that occur in addition to the…
- Prion dementia See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
- Sanger Centre A celebrated genetics research center in the UK where much of the human genome sequencing took place. The…
- Cyclic citrullinated peptide A circular peptide containing the amino acid citrulline. Abbreviated CCP. Autoantibodies directed against CCP…