| HRPD | Hamburg Rating Scale for Psychiatric Disorders |
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| ISMED | International Society on Metabolic Eye Disorders ISMH International Society of Medical Hydrology |
| NINCDS | National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke |
| NINCDS/ADRDA | National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Diseases and Stroke/Alzheimer's Disease and Rel... |
| OND | Ophthalmic Nursing Diploma; orbitonasal dislocation; other neurological disorders |
| superior dental nerves | Three branches (posterior, middle, and anterior) of the maxillary nerve (or its continuation as the infraorbital nerve) that enter the maxilla to supply the mucosa of the maxillary sinus, upper teeth and gingiva. Synonym: nervi alveolares superiores, superior dental nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| decussation of trochlear nerves | The crossing of the two trochlear nerves at their exit through the velum medullare anterius. Synonym: decussatio nervorum trochlearium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep temporal nerves | Two branches, anterior and posterior, from the mandibular nerve, supplying the temporalis muscle and periosteum of the temporal fossa. Synonym: nervi temporales profundi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsal digital nerves | Terminal branches of the radial and ulnar nerves in the hand supplying the skin of the dorsal surface of the proximal and middle phalanges of the fingers. Synonym: nervi digitales dorsales, dorsal digital nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsal digital nerves of foot | Nerves supplying the skin of the dorsal aspect of the proximal and middle phalanges of the toes. Synonym: nervi digitales dorsales pedis, dorsal nerves of toes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsal digital nerves of hand | Terminal branches of the radial and ulnar nerves in the hand supplying the skin of the dorsal surface of the proximal and middle phalanges of the fingers. Synonym: nervi digitales dorsales, dorsal digital nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsal nerves of toes | Nerves supplying the skin of the dorsal aspect of the proximal and middle phalanges of the toes. Synonym: nervi digitales dorsales pedis, dorsal nerves of toes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inferior cluneal nerves | Branches of the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve emerging from beneath the inferior border of the gluteus maximus to supply the skin of the lower half of the gluteal region. Synonym: nervi clunium inferiores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inferior haemorrhoidal nerves | Several branches of the pudendal nerve that pass to the external and sphincter anoderm and skin of the anal region. Synonym: nervi rectales inferiores, inferior haemorrhoidal nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inferior rectal nerves | Several branches of the pudendal nerve that pass to the external and sphincter anoderm and skin of the anal region. Synonym: nervi rectales inferiores, inferior haemorrhoidal nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inferior vesical nerves | <anatomy> Several small nerve's once considered to pass from the pudendal plexus to the bladder. (obsolete) (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercostal nerves | The ventral rami of the thoracic nerves from segments t1 through t11. The intercostal nerves supply motor and sensory innervation to the thorax and abdomen. The skin and muscles supplied by a given pair are called, respectively, a dermatome and a myotome. (12 Dec 1998) |
| intercostobrachial nerves | Lateral cutaneous branches of the second and third intercostal nerves which pass to the skin of the medial side of the arm. Synonym: nervi intercostobrachiales, intercostohumeral nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercostohumeral nerves | Lateral cutaneous branches of the second and third intercostal nerves which pass to the skin of the medial side of the arm. Synonym: nervi intercostobrachiales, intercostohumeral nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| olfactory nerves | Collective term denoting the numerous olfactory filaments: slender fascicles each composed of the thin, unmyelinated axons of 8 to 12 of the bipolar olfactory receptor cells in the olfactory portion of the nasal mucosa; the olfactory filaments pass through the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone and enter the olfactory bulb, where they terminate in synaptic contact with mitral cells, tufted cells, and granule cells. See: olfactory tract. Synonym: nervi olfactorii, fila olfactoria, first cranial nerve, nerve of smell, olfactory fila. (05 Mar 2000) |