| minor planets | Small solar system planetary bodies including asteroids. most asteroids are found within the gap lying between the orbits of mars and jupiter. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| minor salivary gland | A small gland which produces saliva. There are numerous minor salivary glands distributed within the mouth and palate. (12 Dec 1998) |
| minor salivary glands | The smaller, largely mucous-secreting, exocrine gland's of the oral cavity, consisting of the labial, buccal, molar, lingual, and palatine gland's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| minor sublingual ducts | From 8 to 20 small ducts of the sublingual salivary gland that open into the mouth on the surface of the sublingual fold; a few join the submandibular ducts. Synonym: ductus sublinguales minores, Rivinus' ducts, Walther's canals, Walther's ducts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| minor surgery | See: minor operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| minor tranquilliser | A functional category of drugs useful in the treatment of anxiety and able to reduce anxiety at doses which do not cause excessive sedation (e.g., diazepam). Synonym: anxiolytic, minor tranquilliser. (05 Mar 2000) |
| portio minor nervi trigemini | <anatomy, nerve> The smaller root of the trigeminal nerve, composed of fibres originating from the trigeminal motor nucleus and emerging from the pons medial to the much larger sensory root, to join the mandibular nerve; it carries motor and proprioceptive fibres to the muscles derived from the first bronchial (mandibular) arch, including the four muscles of mastication, plus the mylohyoid, anterior belly of the digastric, and the tensores tympani and veli palati. Synonym: radix motoria nervi trigemini, masticator nerve, portio minor nervi trigemini. (05 Mar 2000) |
| curvatura ventriculi minor | The right border of the stomach to which the lesser omentum is attached. Synonym: curvatura ventriculi minor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| salivary glands, minor | Accessory salivary glands located in the lip, cheek, tongue, floor of mouth, palate and intramaxillary. (12 Dec 1998) |
| helicis minor muscle | <anatomy> A band of oblique fibres covering the crus of the helix of the auricle. Synonym: musculus helicis minor, smaller muscle of helix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Santorini's minor caruncle | The site of the opening of the accessory pancreatic duct into the duodenum, located anterior to and slightly superior to the major papilla. Synonym: papilla duodeni minor, Santorini's minor caruncle. Nerve papilla, one of the papillae in the dermis containing a tactile corpuscle or other form of end organ. Synonym: neurothele. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hippocampus minor | The lower of two elevations on the medial wall of the posterior horn of the lateral ventricle of the brain, caused by the depth of the calcarine sulcus. Synonym: Haller's unguis, hippocampus minor, minor hippocampus, Morand's spur, unguis avis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psoas minor muscle | <anatomy> An inconstant muscle, absent in about 40%; origin, bodies of twelfth thoracic and first lumbar vertebrae and disk between them; insertion, iliopubic eminence via iliopectineal arch (iliac fascia); action, assists in flexion of lumbar spine; nerve supply, lumbar plexus. Synonym: musculus psoas minor, smaller psoas muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| S. marcescens minor metalloproteinase | <enzyme> Precursor protein consists of 352 amino acids, mw 38.479 kD from serratia marcescens; mature protein consists of 300 amino acids mw 32.515 kD with optimal activity at pH 8.0 and 50c; do not confuse with smp protein, a membrane protein from E coli Registry number: EC 3.4.24.- Synonym: smp proteinase (26 Jun 1999) |
| spina tympanica minor | The posterior edge of the tympanic notch (of Rivinus). Synonym: spina tympanica minor. (05 Mar 2000) |