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Muscle, teres minor
>The teres minor muscle; >The infraspinatus muscle, which (like the teres minor) helps in the outward turning (external rotation) of the arm. >The supraspinatus muscle which is responsible for elevating the arm and moving it away from the…
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- Fanconi pancytopenia See Fanconi anemia
- Pachyonychia congenita with natal teeth This is a type of pachyonychia congenita (elephant nails from birth) in which teeth are evident at birth. It…
- Alzheimer disease, early-onset familial Alzheimer disease that runs in families and strikes at an unusually early age (with its onset under the age…
- Ambulatory Able to ambulate, to walk about, not bed-ridden or hospitalized
- Colpotomy A surgical incision in the vagina. The -tomy part of the word comes from the Greek tome meaning cutting
- Cranial nerve, eleventh The eleventh cranial nerve is the accessory nerve. The twelve cranial nerves, the accessory nerve included…
- Pancreatitis Pancreatitis: Inflammation of the pancreas. Of the many diverse causes of pancreatitis, the most common are…
- Endometriosis Also known as adenomyosis (pronounced ad-den-o-mi-o-sis), this is a common benign condition of the uterus in…
- Duodenal biliary drainage Duodenal biliary drainage: A procedure used to diagnose gallstones when suspicion is high but other tests are…
- Disease, Legg See Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- Compound microscope A microscope which consists of two microscopes in series, the first serving as the ocular lens (close to the…