| COOD | chronic obstruction outflow disease |
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| CTPVO | chronic thrombotic pulmonary vascular obstruction |
| EHO | extrahepatic obstruction |
| FBAO | foreign-body airway obstruction |
| IIP | idiopathic interstitial pneumonia; idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction; increased intracranial ... |
| femoral neck fractures | Fractures of the short, constricted portion of the thigh bone between the femur head and the trochanters. It excludes intertrochanteric fractures which are hip fractures. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| lateral region of neck | The region of the neck bounded by the sternocleidomastoid muscle, the trapezius muscle, and the upper border of the clavicle, including the omoclavicular triangle. Synonym: lateral region of neck, regio cervicalis lateralis, trigonum cervicale posterius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long muscle of neck | <anatomy> Medial part: origin, the bodies of the third thoracic to the fifth cervical vertebrae; insertion, the bodies of the second to fourth cervical vertebrae; superolateral part: origin, the anterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the third to fifth cervical vertebrae; insertion, the anterior tubercle of the atlas; inferolateral part: origin, the bodies of the first to third thoracic vertebrae; insertion, the anterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the fifth and sixth cervical vertebrae; action, for all three parts, twist neck and flex neck anteriorly; nerve supply, for all three parts, ventral primary rami of cervical spinal nerves (cervical plexus). Synonym: musculus longus colli, long muscle of neck. (05 Mar 2000) |