| tensor fascia lata | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, iliac crest, iliac spine, fascia lata; insertion, iliotibial band of fascia lata; action, flexes and rotates thigh (06 Mar 2000) |
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| tensor fasciae latae | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, anterior superior spine and adjacent lateral surface of the ilium; insertion, iliotibial band of fascia lata; action, tenses fascia lata; flexes, abducts and medially rotates thigh; nerve supply, superior gluteal. Synonym: musculus tensor fasciae latae, musculus tensor fasciae femoris, tensor muscle of fascia lata. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tensor muscle of fascia lata | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, anterior superior spine and adjacent lateral surface of the ilium; insertion, iliotibial band of fascia lata; action, tenses fascia lata; flexes, abducts and medially rotates thigh; nerve supply, superior gluteal. Synonym: musculus tensor fasciae latae, musculus tensor fasciae femoris, tensor muscle of fascia lata. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tensor muscle of soft palate | <anatomy> Tensor muscle of soft palate, musculus tensor palati; musculus palatosalpingeus; musculus sphenosalpingostaphylinus; dilator tubae; origin, scaphoid fossa of sphenoid, cartilaginous and membranous part of auditory (eustachian) tube and spine of sphenoid; insertion, posterior border of hard palate and aponeurosis of soft palate; action, tenses the soft palate; contributes to opening of auditory tube; nerve supply, branches of trigeminal nerve through the otic ganglion. Synonym: musculus tensor veli palatini, dilator tubae, musculus palatosalpingeus, musculus sphenosalpingostaphylinus, musculus tensor palati, palatosalpingeus, tensor muscle of soft palate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tensor muscle of tympanic membrane | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, the cartilaginous part of the auditory (eustachian) tube and the walls of its hemi-canal just above the bony portion of the auditory tube; insertion, handle of malleus; action, draws the handle of the malleus medialward tensing the tympanic membrane to protect it from excessive vibration by loud sounds. Nerve supply, branches of trigeminal through the otic ganglion. Synonym: musculus tensor tympani, tensor muscle of tympanic membrane, Toynbee's muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tensor tarsi muscle | <anatomy> Lacrimal part of orbicularis oculi muscle. See: orbicularis oculi muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tensor tympani | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, the cartilaginous part of the auditory (eustachian) tube and the walls of its hemi-canal just above the bony portion of the auditory tube; insertion, handle of malleus; action, draws the handle of the malleus medialward tensing the tympanic membrane to protect it from excessive vibration by loud sounds. Nerve supply, branches of trigeminal through the otic ganglion. Synonym: musculus tensor tympani, tensor muscle of tympanic membrane, Toynbee's muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tensor veli palati muscle | <anatomy> Tensor muscle of soft palate, musculus tensor palati; musculus palatosalpingeus; musculus sphenosalpingostaphylinus; dilator tubae; origin, scaphoid fossa of sphenoid, cartilaginous and membranous part of auditory (eustachian) tube and spine of sphenoid; insertion, posterior border of hard palate and aponeurosis of soft palate; action, tenses the soft palate; contributes to opening of auditory tube; nerve supply, branches of trigeminal nerve through the otic ganglion. Synonym: musculus tensor veli palatini, dilator tubae, musculus palatosalpingeus, musculus sphenosalpingostaphylinus, musculus tensor palati, palatosalpingeus, tensor muscle of soft palate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tent | <surgery> A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges. A probe for searching a wound. "The tent that searches To the bottom of the worst." (Shak) Origin: F. Tente. See Tent to probe. 1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially soldiers in camp. "Within his tent, large as is a barn." (Chaucer) 2. The representation of a tent used as a bearing. Tent bed, a high-post bedstead curtained with a tentlike canopy. <zoology> Tent caterpillar, any one of several species of gregarious caterpillars which construct on trees large silken webs into which they retreat when at rest. Some of the species are very destructive to fruit trees. The most common American species is the larva of a bombycid moth (Clisiocampa Americana). Synonym: lackery caterpillar, and webworm. Origin: OE. Tente, F. Tente, LL. Tenta, fr. L. Tendere, tentum, to stretch. See Tend to move, and cf. Tent a roll of lint. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tentacle | <zoology> A more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense, prehension, or motion. <zoology> Tentacle sheath, a sheathlike structure around the base of the tentacles of many mollusks. Origin: NL. Tentaculum, from L. Tentare to handle, feel: cf. F. Tentacule. See Tempt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tentacled | <zoology> Having tentacles. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tentacular | <zoology> Of or pertaining to a tentacle or tentacles. Origin: Cf. F. Tentaculaire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tentaculata | <zoology> A division of Ctenophora including those which have two long tentacles. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tentaculated | <zoology> Having tentacles, or organs like tentacles; tentacled. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tentaculifera | <zoology> Same as Suctoria. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tenesmus |
An urgent and painful desire to defecate
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| tendon |
a prestressing cable or strand
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| tension |
an axial force or stress caused by equal and opposite forces pulling at the ends of the members
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| tenesmus |
The term used to describe straining at bowel movements.
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| tentorial |
The tentorial might be absent. It sometimes receives a vein via the foramen rotundum, and sometimes has unusual tributaries such as the occipital sinus and an accessory common internal cerebral vein.
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| TEN | a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time |
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| TEN | make tense |
| TEN | become tense or tenser |
| TEN | increase the tension on |
| TEN | stretch or force to the limit |
| TEN | taut or rigid |
| TEN | (phonetics) pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') |
| TEN | in or of a state of physical or nervous tension |
| TEN | a system of tenses used in a particular language |
| TEN | make tense |
| TEN | become tense or tenser |
| TEN | having inflections to indicate tense |