| NPC | nasopharyngeal carcinoma; near point of convergence; nodal premature contractions; nonparenchymal [l... |
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| ODP | offspring of diabetic parents; right occipitoposterior [fetal position] [Lat. occipito-dextra poster... |
| OLP | left occipitoposterior [fetal position] [Lat. occipito-laeva posterior] |
| OP | occipitoparietal; occipitoposterior; occiput posterior; octapeptide; olfactory peduncle; opening pre... |
| OPLL | ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament |
| arteria gyri angularis | The last branch of the terminal part of the middle cerebral artery distributed to parts of the temporal parietal and occipital lobes. Synonym: arteria gyri angularis, angular artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| arteria hepatica communis | <anatomy, artery> Origin, coeliac; branches, right gastric, gastroduodenal, and proper hepatic. Synonym: arteria hepatica communis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria hepatica propria | <anatomy, artery> Origin, common hepatic; branches, right and left hepatic. Synonym: arteria hepatica propria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria hyaloidea | <anatomy, artery> The terminal branch of the primitive ophthalmic artery, which forms in the embryo an extensive ramification in the primary vitreous and a vascular tunic around the lens; by 81/2 months, these vessels have atrophied almost completely, but a few persistent remnants are evident entoptically as muscae volitantes. Synonym: arteria hyaloidea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria hypogastrica | <anatomy, artery> Origin, common iliac; branches, iliolumbar, lateral sacral, obturator, superior gluteal, inferior gluteal, umbilical, superior vesical, inferior vesical, middle rectal, and internal pudendal. Synonym: arteria iliaca interna, arteria hypogastrica, hypogastric artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria hypophysialis inferior | <anatomy, artery> A small branch of the cavernous part of the internal carotid to the hypophysis. Synonym: arteria hypophysialis inferior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria hypophysialis superior | <anatomy, artery> A small branch of the cerebral part of the internal carotid artery supplying the hypophysis. Synonym: arteria hypophysialis superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria ileocolica | <anatomy, artery> Origin, superior mesenteric, often by a common trunk with the right colic; distribution, terminal part of ileum, caecum, vermiform appendix, and ascending colon; anastomoses, right colic and ileal. Synonym: arteria ileocolica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria iliaca communis | <anatomy, artery> One of the two terminal branches of the abdominal aorta; opposite the lumbosacral joint, it bifurcates to form the internal iliac and the external iliac. Synonym: arteria iliaca communis. (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 iliaca interna | <anatomy, artery> Origin, common iliac; branches, iliolumbar, lateral sacral, obturator, superior gluteal, inferior gluteal, umbilical, superior vesical, inferior vesical, middle rectal, and internal pudendal. Synonym: arteria iliaca interna, arteria hypogastrica, hypogastric artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria iliolumbalis | <anatomy, artery> Origin, internal iliac; distribution, pelvic muscles and bones; anastomoses, deep circumflex iliac, lumbar. Synonym: arteria iliolumbalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria infraorbitalis | <anatomy, artery> Origin, third part of maxillary; distribution, upper canine and incisor teeth, inferior rectus and inferior oblique muscles, lower eyelid, lacrimal sac, maxillary sinus, and upper lip; anastomoses, branches of ophthalmic, facial, superior labial, transverse facial, and buccal. Synonym: arteria infraorbitalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria intercostalis suprema | <anatomy, artery> Origin, costocervical trunk; distribution, structures of first and second intercostal spaces via its terminal branches, posterior intercostal arteries 1 and 2; anastomoses, anterior intercostal branches of internal thoracic. Synonym: arteria intercostalis suprema, highest intercostal artery, supreme intercostal artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria interlobulares | The branches of the interlobar arteries of the kidney passing outward through the cortex and supplying the glomeruli. Synonym: arteria interlobulares (renis). (05 Mar 2000) |