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Hepatic
An artery that distributes blood to the liver, pancreas and gallbladder as well as to the stomach and duodenal portion of the small intestine.
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- Venous catheter, central See: Catheter, central venous
- Mutism The inability or unwillingness to speak. A person who is mute cannot or does not care to talk. Someone who…
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- Corpus luteum cyst This type of functional ovarian cyst occurs after an egg has been released from a follicle. After this…
- Diverticulum, hypopharyngeal See: Zenker diverticulum
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- A-T Ataxia-telangiectasia