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Sensory integration
A form of occupational therapy in which special exercises are used to strengthen the patient's sense of touch (tactile), sense of balance (vestibular), and sense of where the body and its parts are in space (proprioceptive). It appears to…
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Show more- Subdeltoid Beneath the deltoid, the large muscle that stretches from the clavicle (collarbone) to the humerus (the long…
- Quadriceps reflex See: Knee jerk
- Vertebrae, sacral There are 5 sacral vertebral bones. They are represented by the symbols S1 through S5 and are situated…
- Oliguria Less urination than normal.
- Vitamin C An essential nutrient found mainly in fruits and vegetables. The body requires vitamin C to form and maintain…
- Retinoid Retinol is vitamin A. Carotene compounds (found, for example, in egg yolk, butter and cream) are gradually…
- Jackson Laboratory The premiere place for mouse genetics and the largest mammalian genetic research facility in the world. Many…
- Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) An inherited disorder featuring short recurring crises of severe abdominal pain and bouts of fever. Other…
- Femur The femur is the bone in the leg that extends from the hip to the knee. The femur constitutes the upper leg…
- Multidetector-row CT See: Multidetector computed tomography
- Tetanus Tetanus: An often fatal infectious disease caused by the bacteria Clostridium tetani (C. tetani) which…
- Apophysitis calcaneus Also called Sever's condition, this disorder is due to inflammation of the growth plate of the calcaneus, the…