| RPV | right portal vein; right pulmonary vein |
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| RSA | rabbit serum albumin; regular spiking activity; relative specific activity; relative standard accura... |
| RT | radiologic technologist; radiotelemetry; radiotherapy; radium therapy; rapid tranquilization; reacti... |
| RV | random variable; rat virus; Rauscher virus; rectovaginal; reinforcement value; renal vein; residual ... |
| RVA | re-entrant ventricular arrhythmia; right ventricle activation; right vertebral artery |
| right crus of atrioventricular bundle | The right leg or branch of the atrioventricular bundle which diverges from the left crus just below the membranous portion of the interventricular septum to descend the septal wall of the right ventricle and ramify beneath the endocardium. Synonym: crus dextrum fasciculi atrioventricularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| right crus of diaphragm | The muscular origin of the diaphragm from the bodies of the upper three or four lumbar vertebrae that passes upward to the right of the aorta toward the central tendon; the oesophageal hiatus is a parting of the fibres of the right crus to allow passage of the oesophagus. Synonym: crus dextrum diaphragmatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right-eyed | Rarely used term for indicating right ocular dominance; denoting one who prefers the right eye in monocular work, such as microscopy. Synonym: right-eyed. Origin: dextro-+ L. Oculus, eye (05 Mar 2000) |
| right fibrous trigone | Part of the fibrous skeleton of the heart located between the aortic fibrous ring and rings surrounding the right and left atrioventricular ostia. Synonym: trigonum fibrosum dextrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right-footed | Denoting one who uses the right leg in preference to the left. Synonym: right-footed. Origin: dextro-+ L. Pes (ped-), foot (05 Mar 2000) |
| right gastric artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, hepatic; distribution, pyloric portion of stomach on the lesser curvature; anastomoses, left gastric. Synonym: arteria gastrica dextra, pyloric artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right gastric lymph nodes | Small nodes along the course of the right gastric artery that drain part of the lesser curvature of the stomach. Synonym: nodi lymphatici gastrici dextri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right gastric vein | <anatomy, vein> It receives veins from both surfaces of the upper portion of the stomach, runs to the right along the lesser curvature of the stomach, and empties into the portal vein. Synonym: vena gastrica dextra, pyloric vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right gastroepiploic artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, gastroduodenal; distribution, greater curvature and walls of stomach and greater omentum; anastomoses, frequently unites with left gastroepiploic, and branches from this arch anastomose with branches of right and left gastric. Synonym: arteria gastro-omentalis dextra, arteria gastroepiploica dextra, right gastro-omental artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right gastroepiploic lymph nodes | Nodes located in the greater omentum along the right gastroepiploic artery that drain part of the greater curvature of the stomach and the greater omentum. Synonym: nodi lymphatici gastro-omentales dextri, right gastro-omental lymph nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right gastroepiploic vein | <anatomy, vein> A tributary of the superior mesenteric vein that parallels the right gastroepiploic artery along the greater curvature of the stomach. Synonym: vena gastro-omentalis dextra, right gastroomental vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right gastro-omental artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, gastroduodenal; distribution, greater curvature and walls of stomach and greater omentum; anastomoses, frequently unites with left gastroepiploic, and branches from this arch anastomose with branches of right and left gastric. Synonym: arteria gastro-omentalis dextra, arteria gastroepiploica dextra, right gastro-omental artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right gastro-omental lymph nodes | Nodes located in the greater omentum along the right gastroepiploic artery that drain part of the greater curvature of the stomach and the greater omentum. Synonym: nodi lymphatici gastro-omentales dextri, right gastro-omental lymph nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right gastroomental vein | <anatomy, vein> A tributary of the superior mesenteric vein that parallels the right gastroepiploic artery along the greater curvature of the stomach. Synonym: vena gastro-omentalis dextra, right gastroomental vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right-handed | 1. Using the right hand habitually, or more easily or skillful than the left. 2. Having the same direction or course as the movement of the hands of a watch seen in front; said of the motion of a revolving object looked at from a given direction. 3. <marine biology> Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; said of spiral shells. Synonym: dextral, dextromanual. Source: Websters Dictionary (21 Jun 2000) |