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Bladder
Any pouch or other flexible enclosure that can hold liquids or gases but usually refers to the hollow organ in the lower abdomen that stores urine -- the urinary bladder. The kidneys filter waste from the blood and produce urine, which…
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Show more- Chamber, posterior The space in the eye behind the iris and in front of the lens. The iris is the colored ring of tissue that…
- Fornix In anatomy, a vaultlike or arched structure. For example: > >The fornix in the brain -- a fibrous arching…
- Collagen injection The practice of injecting collagen into a part of the face or body to make it larger, most often performed on…
- Genome All of the genetic information, the entire genetic complement, all of the hereditary material possessed by an…
- Flu shot The flu (influenza) vaccine is recommended annually (each year) for persons at high risk for serious…
- Proteolipid protein The complete set of proteins expressed and modified following their expression by the genome. The term…
- Syndrome, Paterson-Kelly See: Plummer-Vinson syndrome
- DNA technology, recombinant A series of procedures used to join together (recombine) DNA segments. A recombinant DNA molecule is…
- Cell, antigen-presenting A cell that can 'present' antigen in a form that T cells can recognize it. The cells that can 'present'…
- Fat 1 Along with proteins and carbohydrates, one of the three nutrients used as energy sources by the body. The…
- Tapeworm, measly Taenia solium
- Temporary loss of consciousness A partial or complete loss of consciousness with interruption of awareness of oneself and ones surroundings…