| PAH | para-aminohippurate; phenylalanine hydrolase; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; predicted adult heigh... |
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| PCA | para-chloramphetamine; parietal cell antibody; passive cutaneous anaphylaxis; patient care assistant... |
| PICA | percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; Porch Index of Communicative Abilities; posterior in... |
| PPA | palpation, percussion, auscultation; pepsin A; phenylpropanolamine; phenylpyruvic acid; Pittsburgh p... |
| RBA | relative binding affinity; rescue breathing apparatus; right basilar artery; right brachial artery; ... |
| radial collateral artery | <anatomy, artery> The anterior terminal branch of the profunda brachii, anastomosing with the radial recurrent, forming part of the articular network of the elbow. Synonym: arteria collateralis radialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| radial index artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, radial; distribution, radial side of index finger. Synonym: arteria radialis indicis, arteria volaris indicis radialis, radial index artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radialis indicis artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, radial; distribution, radial side of index finger. Synonym: arteria radialis indicis, arteria volaris indicis radialis, radial index artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radial recurrent artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, radial; distribution, ascends around lateral side of elbow joint; anastomoses, radial collateral, interosseous recurrent. Synonym: arteria recurrens radialis, recurrent radial artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ganglionic branch of internal carotid artery | <anatomy, artery> Branch to trigeminal ganglion; a small branch of the cavernous part of the internal carotid artery to the trigeminal ganglion. Synonym: ramus ganglii trigeminalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palmar carpal branch of radial artery | <anatomy, artery> A small branch of the radial artery that passes medially across the wrist to supply the carpal joints; it anastomoses with the anterior carpal branch of the ulnar artery. Synonym: ramus carpalis palmaris arteriae radialis, ramus carpeus palmaris arteriae radialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palmar carpal branch of ulnar artery | <anatomy, artery> A branch of the ulnar artery that supplies the carpal joints and communicates with the anterior carpal branch of the radial artery. Synonym: ramus carpalis palmaris arteriae ulnaris, ramus carpeus palmaris arteriae ulnaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palmar interosseous artery | <anatomy, artery> One of the three arteries springing from the deep palmar arch and running in the three medial interosseous spaces; they anastomose with the common palmar and dorsal metacarpal arteries. Synonym: arteria metacarpea palmaris, palmar interosseous artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palmar metacarpal artery | <anatomy, artery> One of the three arteries springing from the deep palmar arch and running in the three medial interosseous spaces; they anastomose with the common palmar and dorsal metacarpal arteries. Synonym: arteria metacarpea palmaris, palmar interosseous artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gastroduodenal artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, hepatic; terminal branches, right gastroepiploic, superior pancreaticoduodenal. Synonym: arteria gastroduodenalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ranine artery | <anatomy, artery> Termination of lingual artery, distribution, muscles and mucous membrane of under surface of tongue. Synonym: arteria profunda linguae, arteria ranina, deep artery of tongue, ranine artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paracentral artery | <anatomy, artery> The third branch of the pericallosal artery supplying the cerebral cortex of the paracentral lobule and both sides of the medial part of the central sulcus. Synonym: arteria paracentralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| venous artery | Origin, right ventricle of heart; distribution, it divides into the right pulmonary artery and the left pulmonary artery, which enter the corresponding lungs and branch along with the segmental bronchi. Synonym: truncus pulmonalis, arteria pulmonalis, pulmonary artery, venous artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marginal artery of colon | Artery formed by anastomoses between the right and left colic artery's; it passes downward from the left colic flexure to the aboral end of the pelvic colon. Synonym: artery of Drummond, Riolan's arc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marginal artery of drummond | <radiology> Formed by, right and left br. Of middle colic a., and left and right colic aa., runs along mesenteric border of colon, supplies vasa recta (12 Dec 1998) |