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Urethral meatus, female
The urethra is the transport tube leading from the bladder to discharge urine outside the body. In females the urethra is shorter than in the male. The meatus (opening) of the female urethra is above the vaginal opening, as indicated here…
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- Pauling-Corey helix The alpha helix, the structure of most proteins, discovered by Linus Pauling and Robert Corey. See: Alpha…
- Postmortem examination An autopsy. Also called a necropsy. Postmortem examinations have been done for more than 2,000 years but…
- Bee sting Stings from bees and other large stinging insects such as yellow jackets, hornets and wasps can trigger…
- Pneumococcal immunization Vaccination to help prevent infection by Streptococcus pneumoniae, also known as the pneumococcus bacterium…
- Clinical trial See: Clinical trials. See also: Inconclusive clinical trial; Negative clinical trial; Non-inferior clinical…
- Water hammer pulse See: Pulse, water hammer
- Excess, calcium See: Calcium excess
- Whiplash injury Hyperextension (over-extension) injury to the neck, often the result of being struck from behind, as by a…
- Herpes simplex type 1 A herpes virus that causes cold sores and fever blisters in and around the mouth. Here is a depiction of a…
- Reaction kinetics Kinetics (with an 's' at the end) refers to the rate of change in a biochemical (or other) reaction, the…