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Nerve, eleventh cranial
The eleventh cranial nerve is the accessory nerve. The twelve cranial nerves, the accessory nerve included, emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium) as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from the vertebral column. The accessory…
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- Vein, hepatic One of the veins which drains blood from the liver
- Croup Croup: A respiratory problem that occurs mainly in children, particularly from 2 to 4 years of age, due to an…
- Hepatitis E virus The agent responsible for hepatitis E. Abbreviated HEV. For more information, see: Hepatitis E
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- Irrigation of the colon The use of liquid solutions given by enema to remove material from the rectum or colon, ostensibly to…