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Output, cardiac
The amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute. The amount of blood put out by the left ventricle of the heart in one contraction is called the stroke volume. The stroke volume and the heart rate determine the cardiac output. A normal…
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- Urethral opening, female The urethra is the transport tube leading from the bladder to discharge urine outside the body. In females…
- Cleft palate prosthesis A prosthetic device designed to close the opening left by a cleft in the palate and thereby to improve…
- Hypocarbia Less than the normal level of carbon dioxide in the blood. The opposite of hypercarbia
- Control (research) In research, control subjects or control procedures permit comparison with experimental results. The first…
- Tendo Achilles See: Achilles tendon
- MtDNA Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is the DNA of the mitochondrion, a structure situated in the cytoplasm of the cell…
- Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone A hormone that controls sex hormones in men and women. Also called LHRH.
- Helmet, bicycle A well-known but often neglected device designed to protect the head of a bicyclist. Helmets decrease the…
- Mucolipidosis III A type of mucolipidosis characterized by deficiency of the enzyme N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase…
- Parvovirus infection Infection with one of a family of small single-stranded DNA viruses. (Parvovirus means small virus, from the…
- Prepuce, inflammation of the Inflammation of the prepuce (the foreskin of the penis) is called posthitis. In the uncircumcised male…