| MGB | medial geniculate body; myoglobin |
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| MGN | medial geniculate nucleus; membranous glomerulonephritis |
| MH | malignant histiocytosis; malignant hyperpyrexia; malignant hypertension; malignant hyperthermia; mam... |
| MHL | medial hypothalamic lesion |
| MIN | medial interlaminar nucleus |
| medial surface of lung | It consists of a vertebral part and a mediastinal part. See: mediastinal surface of lung. Synonym: facies medialis pulmonis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| medial surface of ovary | The surface of the ovary that faces the pelvic cavity. Synonym: facies medialis ovarii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial surface of testis | medial surface of testis |
| medial surface of tibia | medial surface of tibia |
| medial surface of toes | The medial surface of a toe. Synonym: facies medialis digiti pedis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial surface of ulna | medial surface of ulna |
| medial talocalcaneal ligament | <anatomy> A ligament extending from the medial tuberosity of the posterior talar process and the sustentaculum tali. Synonym: ligamentum talocalcaneare mediale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial tarsal artery | <anatomy, artery> One of two small branches of the dorsalis pedis; distribution, to inner margin of foot. Synonym: arteria tarsea medialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial tubercle of posterior process of talus | The eminence medial to the sulcus for the flexor hallucis longus tendon. Synonym: tuberculum mediale processus posterioris tali. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial umbilical fold | A fold of peritoneum on the lower part of the anterior abdominal wall that covers the obliterated umbilical artery on either side of the urachus. Synonym: plica umbilicalis medialis, plica hypogastrica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial umbilical ligament | <anatomy> The obliterated umbilical artery that persists as a fibrous cord passing upward alongside the bladder to the umbilicus. Synonym: ligamentum umbilicale mediale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial vastus muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, medial lip of linea aspera; insertion, tibial tuberosity by way of common tendon of quadriceps femoris and ligamentum patellae; action, extends leg; nerve supply, femoral. Synonym: musculus vastus medialis, medial great muscle, medial vastus muscle, musculus vastus internus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial vein of lateral ventricle | A vein that drains deep portions of the parietal and occipital lobes; it runs in the medial wall of the lateral ventricle to empty into the internal cerebral vein or the great cerebral vein. Synonym: vena ventriculi lateralis medialis, medial atrial vein, medial vein of lateral ventricle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial venule of retina | The small vein that passes from the part of the retina between the macula and the optic disk to join the central vein. Synonym: venula medialis retinae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial vestibular nucleus | Nucleus vestibularis medialis. See: vestibular nucleus. (05 Mar 2000) |