| LBBsB | left bundle branch system block |
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| LBCF | Laboratory Branch complement fixation [test] |
| PBS | perfusion-pressure breakthrough syndrome; phenobarbital sodium; phosphate-buffered saline; planar bo... |
| PLCx | posterolateral circumflex branch [of coronary artery] |
| RBB | right bundle branch |
| auricular surface of ilium | The irregular, L-shaped articular surface on the medial aspect of the ilium that articulates with the sacrum. Synonym: facies auricularis ossis ilii. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| auricular surface of sacrum | The rough articular surface on the lateral aspect of the sacrum that articulates with the ilium on each side. Synonym: facies auricularis ossis sacri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| auricular systole | Contraction of the atria. Synonym: auricular systole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| auricular tachycardia | Paroxysmal tachycardia originating in an ectopic focus in the atrium. Synonym: auricular tachycardia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| auricular triangle | A triangle formed by the base of the auricle and by lines drawn from the true tip of the auricle to the extremities of the base. (05 Mar 2000) |
| auricular tubercle | A small projection from the upper end of the posterior portion of the incurved free margin of the helix. Synonym: tuberculum auriculae, darwinian tubercle, tuberculum superius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| auricular veins | See: anterior auricular vein, posterior auricular vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right auricular appendage | The small conical projection from the right atrium of the heart. Synonym: auricula dextra, right auricular appendage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyramidal auricular muscle | <anatomy> An occasional prolongation of the fibres of the tragicus to the spina helicis. Synonym: musculus pyramidalis auriculae, Jung's muscle, pyramidal muscle of auricle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior auricular | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, galea aponeurotica; insertion, cartilage of auricle; action draws pinna of ear upward and backward; nerve supply, facial. Considered by some to be the posterior part of the temporoparietal muscle. Synonym: musculus auricularis superior, attollens aurem, attollens auriculam, musculus attollens aurem, musculus attollens auriculam. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep auricular artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, first part of maxillary; distribution, articulation of jaw, parotid gland, and external acoustic meatus and external tympanic membrane; anastomoses, auricular branches of superficial temporal and posterior auricular. Synonym: arteria auricularis profunda. (05 Mar 2000) |
| supra-auricular | <ornithology, zoology> Situated above the ear coverts, or auriculars; said of certain feathers of birds. A supra-auricular feather. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| supra-auricular point | A craniometric point on the posterior root of the zygomatic process of the temporal bone directly above the auricular point. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infra-auricular deep parotid lymph nodes | Small lymph nodes located deep to the parotid fascia and below the ear. Synonym: nodi lymphatici parotidei profundi infra-auriculares, infra-auricular subfascial parotid lymph nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infra-auricular subfascial parotid lymph nodes | Small lymph nodes located deep to the parotid fascia and below the ear. Synonym: nodi lymphatici parotidei profundi infra-auriculares, infra-auricular subfascial parotid lymph nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |