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Skeletal muscle
One of three types of muscle tissue in the body (skeletal, smooth, cardiac) which represents the majority of the muscular tissue in the body. Skeletal muscle is the type of muscle which powers movement of the skeleton as in walking and…
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- Syndrome, Aase-Smith II See: Aase-Smith syndrome II
- Fever, remittent A type of fever that gradually decreases in intensity over time
- Draft DNA sequence Sequence of a DNA with less accuracy than a finished sequence. In a draft sequence, some segments are missing…
- Iodine, radioactive An isotope of the chemical element iodine that is radioactive. Radioactive iodine is used in diagnostic tests…
- Premature beat See: Extrasystole
- Extubate To remove a tube from a hollow organ or passageway, often from the airway. The opposite of extubate is…
- Lower motor neuron A nerve cell that goes from the spinal cord to a muscle. The cell body of a lower motor neuron is in the…
- Hereditary kidney cancer Kidney cancer due to a gene than can be transmitted from parent to child. The vast majority of kidney cancer…
- Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome (APS) A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by…
- Branched-chain ketoaciduria See: Maple syrup urine disease