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Collateral knee ligament, medial
The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint (collateral ligaments) as well as crossing within the joint (cruciate ligaments). These ligaments provide stability and strength…
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- Pro- The likelihood that something will happen. For example, a probability of less than .05 indicates that the…
- Incubator In biotechnology. an apparatus in which environmental conditions can be set and controlled. Incubators are…
- Rift Valley fever A viral disease that is acute, causes fever in domestic animals (such as cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, and…
- Heredofamilial tremor See: Essential tremor
- IDET Intradiskal electrothermal therapy, a procedure designed to relieve back pain due to damage to the disks…
- Schmorl's node An upward and downward protrusion (pushing into) of a spinal disk's soft tissue into the bony tissue of the…
- AKA (above the knee amputation) In general usage, this would be read to mean 'also known as.' For example, William Jefferson (aka 'Bill')…
- Ectoderm One of the three primary germ cell layers (the other two being the mesoderm and endoderm) that make up the…
- Pigment A substance that gives color to tissue. Pigments are responsible for the color of skin, eyes, and hair
- Deficiency, selenium Lack of the essential mineral selenium, which can cause Keshan disease, a fatal form of cardiomyopathy…