| Bezold's mastoiditis | Mastoiditis with perforation medially into the digastric groove and forming a deep neck abscess. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mastoiditis | <pathology> Inflammation of the mastoid antrum and cells. (18 Nov 1997) |
| sclerosing mastoiditis | A chronic mastoiditis in which the trabeculae are greatly thickened, almost or entirely obliterating the cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apertura externa aqueductus vestibuli | The external opening of the vestibular aqueduct on the posterior surface of the petrous part of the temporal bone near the groove for the sigmoid sinus. Synonym: apertura externa aqueductus vestibuli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apertura externa canaliculi cochleae | The external opening of the cochlear aqueduct on the temporal bone medial to the jugular fossa. Synonym: apertura externa canaliculi cochleae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria carotis externa | <anatomy, artery> Origin, common carotid at C-4 vertebral level; branches, superior thyroid, lingual, facial, occipital, posterior auricular, ascending pharyngeal, and terminal branches, maxillary and superficial temporal at level of neck of mandible. Synonym: arteria carotis externa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria iliaca externa | <anatomy, artery> Origin, common iliac; branches, inferior epigastric, deep circumflex iliac; becomes the femoral at the inguinal ligament. Synonym: arteria iliaca externa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria maxillaris externa | <anatomy, artery> Origin, external carotid; branches, ascending palatine, tonsillar and glandular branches, submental, inferior labial, superior labial, masseteric, buccal, lateral nasal branches, and angular. Synonym: arteria facialis, arteria maxillaris externa, external maxillary artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria nasi externa | An alternate term for dorsal nasal artery. Arteria nervorum, arteries to nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| auris externa | Which includes the auricle and the external acoustic, or auditory, meatus; the middle ear or the tympanic cavity with its ossicles; and the internal ear or inner ear, or labyrinth, which includes the saemicircular canals, vestibule, and cochlea. See: auricle. Synonym: auris. Origin: A.S. Eare (05 Mar 2000) |
| barotitis externa | This refers to the effect of pressure on the external ear canal. (27 Sep 1997) |
| basis cranii externa | An alternate term for external base of skull. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capsula externa | A thin lamina of white substance separating the claustrum from the putamen. It joins the internal capsule at either extremity of the putamen, forming a capsule of white matter external to the lenticular nucleus. Synonym: capsula externa, periclaustral lamina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pachymeningitis externa | Inflammation of the outer surface of the dura mater. Synonym: epidural meningitis, external meningitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vagina externa nervi optici | <anatomy, nerve> The outer sheath around the optic nerve, continuous with the dura mater. Synonym: vagina externa nervi optici, dural sheath of optic nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |