| buffalo hump | Term used to describe the distribution of a fat deposit seen posteriorly over the upper thoracic vertebrae; seen in hyperadrenocorticalism (Cushing's syndrome). Synonym: buffalo hump. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| hampton hump | <radiology> Pleural-based shallow consolidation in the form of a truncated cone with the base against the pleural surface, seen in pulmonary infarction (12 Dec 1998) |
| Hampton's hump | A juxtapleural pulmonary soft tissue density on a chest radiograph, convex toward the hilum, usually at the costophrenic angle; described as a manifestation of pulmonary infarction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hump | 1. A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back. 2. <zoology> A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale. Origin: Cf. D. Homp a lump, LG. Hump heap, hill, stump, possibly akin to E. Heap. Cf. Hunch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dowager's hump | Postmenopausal cervical kyphosis of older women. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dromedary hump | <radiology> Extra mass of normal tissue found only on the lateral portion of the left kidney, normal variant. (12 Dec 1998) |
| articular surface of head of rib | An articular surface on the head of a rib that articulates with the body of a vertebra. Synonym: facies articularis capitis costae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| articular surface of tubercle of rib | An oval facet on the inferomedial part of the tubercle of a rib for articulation with a facet on the transverse process of a vertebra. Synonym: facies articularis tuberculi costae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bicipital rib | Fusion of first thoracic rib with cervical vertebra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bifid rib | One in which the body bifurcates. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of rib | The shaft of a rib; the portion which extends laterally, anteriorly, and then medially from the tubercle. Synonym: corpus costae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radiate ligament of head of rib | The radiate, stellate, or anterior costovertebral ligament connecting the head of each rib to the bodies of the two vertebrae with which it articulates. Synonym: ligamentum capitis costae radiatum, ligamentum radiatum, radiate ligament, stellate ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cervical rib | A rib which arises from the seventh cervical vertebrae (above the normal first rib). Occurs in only about 0.5% of people. May cause nerve and artery problems. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cervical rib and band syndrome | <syndrome> Very chronic axon loss brachial plexopathy, caused by compromise of the lower trunk fibres by a congenital band extending from a rudimentary cervical rib to the first thoracic rib; rare disorder, found mostly in young to middle-aged women, that presents with unilateral hand wasting and weakness, particularly involving the lateral thenar eminence; sometimes accompanied by intermittent discomfort along the medial forearm and hand. Synonym: cervical rib and band syndrome, classic cervical rib syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cervical rib syndrome | <syndrome> Pain over the shoulder, often extending down the arm (cervicobrachial) or radiating up the back of the neck due to compression of the nerve and vessels between a cervical rib and the scalenus anticus muscle. (12 Dec 1998) |