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Knee ligaments
Ligaments are strong, elastic bands of tissue that connect bone to bone. They provide strength and stability to the joint. Four ligaments connect the femur (the bone in the thigh) with the tibia (the larger bone in the lower leg): > >The…
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- Chargaff ratios See: Chargaff rule
- Hysterectomy, total Hysterectomy, total: Complete surgical removal of the uterus and cervix. Also called a complete hysterectomy
- Partial seizure A seizure that affects only one part of the brain. Symptoms depend on which part is affected. One part of the…
- Alienist The term 'alienist' was heading for obsolescence until it was returned to a position of some prominence by…
- Toddler's fracture A torsion fracture of the tibia, without bone displacement
- Brill-Zinsser disease Recrudescence of epidemic typhus years after the initial attack. The agent that causes epidemic typhus…
- Artificial insemination by donor (AID) A procedure in which a fine catheter (tube) is inserted through the cervix (the natural opening of the…
- Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) An hereditary cancer syndrome which carries a very high risk of colon cancer and an above-normal risk…
- Geiger counter The most commonly used portable radiation detection and measuring instrument, consisting of a gas-filled tube…
- IVC 1. Intravenous cholangiogram, an X-ray study of the gallbladder. 2. Inferior vena cava, the largest vein…