| MS | I, II, III, IV medical student-first, second, third, and fourth year |
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| NI-NXII | first to twelfth cranial nerves |
| P1, | P-one first parental generation |
| PI | first meiotic prophase; isoelectric point; pacing impulse; package insert; pancreatic insufficiency;... |
| S1-S5 | first to fifth sacral nerves |
| cellular cartilage | An embryonic or immature stage of cartilage in which it consists chiefly of cells with very little matrix. Synonym: parenchymatous cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vocal process of arytenoid cartilage | The lower end of the anterior margin of the arytenoid cartilage to which the vocal cord is attached. Synonym: processus vocalis cartilaginis arytenoidei, vocal process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vomerine cartilage | A narrow strip of cartilage located between the lower edge of the cartilage of the nasal septum and the vomer. Synonym: Jacobson's cartilage, paraseptal cartilage, vomer cartilagineus, vomerine cartilage, vomeronasal cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reticular cartilage | <anatomy> Rarely used terms for fibrocartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| periotic cartilage | A cartilaginous mass on either side of the chondrocranium surrounding the developing auditory vesicle in the foetus; the otic capsule in its early cartilaginous stage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| greater alar cartilage | One of a pair of cartilages that form the tip of the nose. It consists of a medial crus that extends into the nasal septum with its fellow of the opposite side, and a lateral crus that forms the anterior part of the wing of the nose. Synonym: cartilago alaris major. (05 Mar 2000) |
| permanent cartilage | Cartilage that is not replaced by bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ciliary cartilage | Incorrect term sometimes applied to the inferior tarsus and superior tarsus. See: tarsus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumferential cartilage | A fibrocartilaginous rim attached to the margin of the acetabulum of the hip bone. Synonym: labrum acetabulare, acetabular lip, circumferential cartilage, cotyloid ligament, ligamentum cotyloideum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colliculus of arytenoid cartilage | The elevation on the anterolateral surface of the arytenoid cartilage above the triangular fovea. Synonym: colliculus cartilaginis arytenoideae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weitbrecht's cartilage | The articular disk of fibrocartilage usually found between the acromial end of the clavicle and the medial border of the acromion. Synonym: discus articularis acromioclavicularis, acromioclavicular disk, Weitbrecht's cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Morgagni's cartilage | A small nonarticulating rod of elastic cartilage in the aryepiglottic fold anterolateral and somewhat superior to the corniculate cartilage. Synonym: cartilago cuneiformis, Morgagni's cartilage, Morgagni's tubercle, Wrisberg's cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conchal cartilage | The cartilage of the auricle. Synonym: cartilago auriculae, cartilage of ear, conchal cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wrisberg's cartilage | A small nonarticulating rod of elastic cartilage in the aryepiglottic fold anterolateral and somewhat superior to the corniculate cartilage. Synonym: cartilago cuneiformis, Morgagni's cartilage, Morgagni's tubercle, Wrisberg's cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| connecting cartilage | The cartilage in a cartilaginous joint such as the symphysis pubis. Synonym: interosseous cartilage, uniting cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |