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Carotid body
A small 'body' of tissue rich in capillaries, at the spot the carotid artery branches in the neck, containing cells that sense the oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in blood and from which messages are dispatched to the medulla (in the…
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Show more- Hypo- Prefix meaning 'low, under, beneath, down, below normal' as in hypocalcemia (low calcium in the blood)…
- Erb paralysis See: Erb palsy
- Parkinson disease gene A gene involved in the causation of Parkinson disease. There are a number of different autosomal dominant and…
- Navel The umbilicus, the former site of attachment of the umbilical cord, usually found in about the middle of the…
- Decortication Removal of part or all of the outer surface of an organ such as the lung, kidney, or brain
- American dog tick The tick most commonly responsible for transmitting R. rickettsii, the agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever…
- Sign, Tinel's An examination test that is used by doctors to detect an irritated nerve. Tinel's sign is performed by…
- Nevi The plural of nevus
- Anat. The abbreviation for anatomy, the study of form. Gross anatomy involves structures that can be seen with the…
- Amylo- (Amyl- before a vowel.) A prefix pertaining to starch. From the Greek amylon, meaning starch
- Cellulitus Common misspelling of cellulitis
- Glutamate A form of glutamic acid. See: Glutamic acid