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Chorda tympani
A branch of the facial nerve (the seventh cranial nerve) that serves the taste buds in the front of the tongue, runs through the middle ear, and carries taste messages to the brain. The chorda tympani is part of one of three cranial nerves…
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- Lymph gland See Lymph node
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- Bug, reduviid See: Reduviid bug
- Stent A tube designed to be inserted into a vessel or passageway to keep it open. Stents are inserted into narrowed…
- Fetal dystocia Difficult labor and delivery caused by the size (too big), shape or position of the fetus. Dystocia comes…
- Tachycardia A rapid heart rate, usually defined as greater than 100 beats per minute. The tachycardias include sinus…
- Uricaciduria The presence of excess uric acid in the urine, which may be a sign of gout or kidney stones
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2 ALS2. A juvenile-onset form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) inherited in an autosomal recessive manner…
- Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency See: MCAD deficiency
- Integrin One of a large and very important family of adhesion molecules that promote stable interactions between cells…