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Brain ventricle
>Lateral ventricles: The lateral ventricles are in the cerebral hemispheres. Each lateral ventricle consists of a triangular central body and four horns. The lateral ventricles communicate with the third ventricle through what is called…
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- NPH NREM (non-rapid eye movement) sleep is dreamless sleep. During NREM, the brain waves on the…
- Bone morphogenetic protein A protein that induces the formation of bone and cartilage. Bone morphogenic protein 2 (which is symbolized…
- Heart valves There are four heart valves. All are one-way valves. Blood entering the heart first passes through the…
- MDR Minimal daily requirement. Multidrug resistant
- Intramuscular (IM) An intramuscular (IM) medication is given by needle into the muscle. This is as opposed to a medication that…
- Xenotropic virus A virus that can grow in the cells of a species foreign to the normal host species, a species different from…
- Airway The path air follows to get into and out of the lungs. The mouth and nose are the normal entry and exit…
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- Teratogen, coumadin as The anticoagulant ('blood- thinner') coumadin is a known teratogen, an agent that can disturb the development…
- Osseous Having to do with the bone, consisting of bone, or resembling bone. From 'os' which is a synonym for 'bone.'…
- Dys- Speech that is characteristically slurred, slow, and difficult to produce (difficult to understand). The…