| PAS | para aminosalicylate; Parent Attitude Scale; patient administration system; patient appointments and... |
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| PAV | percutaneous aortic valvuloplasty; poikiloderma atrophicans vasculare; posterior arch vein; proporti... |
| PBW | posterior bite wing |
| PCD | pacer-cardioverter-defibrillator; papillary collecting duct; paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration;... |
| PCF | peripheral circulatory failure; pharyngoconjunctival fever; platelet complement fixation; posterior ... |
| PW | posterior wall |
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| VPL | ventral posterior lateral |
| VPL | ventral posterior lateral nucleus |
| VP | ventro-posterior |
| rami oesophageales arteriae gastricae sinistrae | <anatomy, artery> Ascends through oesophageal hiatus of diaphragm to supply lowermost (cardiac) oesophagus; anastomosis: oesophageal branches of thoracic aorta. Synonym: rami oesophageales arteriae gastricae sinistrae. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| rami oesophageales arteriae thyroideae inferioris | <anatomy, artery> Distribution: upper one-quarter of oesophagus; anastomosis: oesophageal branches of thoracic aorta. Synonym: rami oesophageales arteriae thyroideae inferioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rami pancreatici arteriae pancreaticoduodenalis superioris | Pancreatic branch of superior pancreaticoduodenal arteries. See: pancreatic branches. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rami pancreatici arteriae splenicae | Pancreatic branch splenic artery. See: pancreatic branches. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rami pectorales arteriae thoracoacromialis | <anatomy, artery> Branches of the thoracoacromial artery descending between and supplying the pectoralis major and minor muscles, then continuing to supply the serratus anterior muscle and, in the adult female, the upper portion of the breast. Synonym: rami pectorales arteriae thoracoacromialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rami pharyngeales arteriae pharyngeae ascendentis | <anatomy, artery> Distribution: walls of oro-and nasopharynx. Synonym: rami pharyngeales arteriae pharyngeae ascendentis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rami pharyngeales arteriae thyroideae inferioris | <anatomy, artery> Distributed to laryngopharynx. Synonym: rami pharyngeales arteriae thyroideae inferioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rami profundi arteriae circumflexae femoris medialis | <anatomy, artery> Branch running deep to abductor hallucis, supplying it and the flexor hallucis brevis muscle deep to the artery and the skin of the medial side of the distal foot. Synonym: rami profundi arteriae circumflexae femoris medialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rami profundi arteriae transversae cervicis | <anatomy, artery> Origin, subclavian or as the deep branch of the transverse cervical; distribution, passes deep to the rhomboid muscles, supplying them and other muscles and skin along the vertebral border of the scapula; anastomoses, suprascapular and scapular circumflex. Synonym: arteria dorsalis scapulae, rami profundi arteriae transversae cervicis, ramus profundus arteriae transversae colli, arteria scapularis dorsalis, arteria scapularis descendens, deep branch of the transverse cervical artery, descending scapular artery, ramus profundus arteria scapularis descendens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rami pterygoidei arteriae maxillaris | <anatomy, artery> Pterygoid branches of middle meningeal artery. Synonym: rami pterygoidei arteriae maxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rami scrotales anteriores arteriae pudendae externae | <anatomy, artery> Distribution, skin of anterior scrotum; anastomoses, posterior scrotal branches from internal pudendal artery. Synonym: rami scrotales anteriores arteriae pudendae externae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rami scrotales posteriores arteriae pudendae internae | <anatomy, artery> Branches of perineal artery supplying skin of posterior scrotal sac. Synonym: rami scrotales posteriores arteriae pudendae internae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rami splenici arteriae splenicae | <anatomy, artery> Branches of proper splenic arteries; splenic artery entering spleen at hilum. Synonym: rami splenici arteriae splenicae, rami lienales arteriae lienalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rami sternales arteriae thoracicae internae | <anatomy, artery> Branches of internal thoracic artery which pass medially to supply the transversus thoracis muscle and posterior sternum. Synonym: rami sternales arteriae thoracicae internae, sternal arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rami sternocleidomastoidei arteriae occipitalis | <anatomy, artery> Branches of occipital artery to sternocleidomastoid muscle. One often hooks around hypoglossal nerve. It may arise as an independent branch of the external carotid, in which case it may be referred to as the sternomastoid artery. Synonym: rami sternocleidomastoidei arteriae occipitalis. (05 Mar 2000) |