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Basement membrane
A thin membrane upon which is posed a single layer of cells. The basement membrane is made up of proteins held together by type IV collagen. The epithelial cells are anchored with hemidesmosome to the basement membrane. The end result…
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- Cranial nerve XI The eleventh cranial nerve is the accessory nerve. The twelve cranial nerves, the accessory nerve included…
- Cord, umbilical See: Umbilical cord
- Acute otitis media Otitis media: Inflammation of the middle ear in which there is fluid in the middle ear accompanied by signs…
- Pickwickian syndrome The combination of obesity, somnolence (sleepiness), hypoventilation (underbreathing), and plethoric (red)…
- Aortic Pertaining to the aorta, the largest artery in the body. 'Aortic' is in common usage as, for example, in an…
- Phenylalanine hydroxylase deficiency The inherited inability to process the amino acid phenylalanine normally, due to deficiency of the enzyme…
- John La Montagne See: La Montagne, John
- Linus Pauling See: Pauling, Linus
- Hypergraphia The driving compulsion to write; the overwhelming urge to write. Hypergraphia may compel someone to keep a…
- Syndrome, Patau Trisomy 13 syndrome or three chromosome number 13s instead of the normal two. Children with this condition…
- Influenza, Hong Kong See: Hong Kong flu