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Nerve, recurrent laryngeal
One of the best known branches of the vagus nerve, a very long nerve that originates in the brainstem. After the recurrent laryngeal nerve leaves the vagus nerve, it goes down into the chest and then loops back up ('recurs') to supply…
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Show more- Ambient Surrounding, present on all sides; encompassing. As, the ambient noise is deafening, or the ambient light is…
- Post Short for postmortem examination (an autopsy)
- Duct A passage or a tube with well-defined walls suitable for the conveyance of air or liquids, as the bile duct…
- Arm 1. In popular usage, the appendage that extends from the shoulder to the hand. However, the medical…
- Analog In biochemistry, a substance that is similar, but not identical, to another
- Therapy, human gene Insertion of normal DNA directly into cells to correct a genetic defect. The treatment of disease by…
- Chamber, anterior The space in the eye that is behind the cornea and in front of the iris. The cornea is the outer…
- DM Myotonic dystrophy
- Facies A direct borrowing from the Latin, facies means face.
- AGXT A gene that provides instructions for making a liver enzyme called alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase…
- Bellini duct carcinoma (BDC) A rare type of kidney cancer that begins in the duct of Bellini (a continuation of the collecting…
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