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Nerve, second cranial
Also known as the optic nerve. This nerve connects the eye to the brain and carries the impulses formed by the back layer of the eye (retina) to the brain, which interprets them as images. The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the skull…
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- Oligopeptide A molecule composed of a few amino acids linked to one another. Oligo- means a few
- Donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) A cancer treatment in which lymphocytes from a bone marrow donor are infused into the person who…
- Gum disease Gum disease: Inflammation of the soft tissue (gingiva) and abnormal loss of bone that surrounds the teeth and…
- Genoplasty A technology that uses the repair mechanisms normally present in cells to repair gene defects. In genoplasty…
- Protein kinase A An enzyme system that is activated by cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and that catalyzes the activity…
- Drain, Jackson-Pratt See: JP drain
- Vaginal opening The opening to the muscular canal extending from the cervix to the outside of the body. The word 'vagina' is…
- Syndrome, Zollinger-Ellison A rare disorder caused by a tumor called a gastrinoma, most often occurring in the pancreas. The tumor…
- Taenia armata Taenia solium
- Immunization, DPT See: DPT immunization
- Klippel-Feil phenotype See: Klippel-Feil sequence