| SCABG | single coronary artery bypass |
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| SCAN | suspected child abuse and neglect; systolic coronary artery narrowing |
| TCABG | triple coronary artery bypass graft |
| TCAG | triple coronary artery graft |
| RCS | rabbit aorta-contracting substance; red cell suspension; reticulum cell sarcoma; right coronary sinu... |
| parotid branches | Branches to parotid gland; Nomina Anatomica lists parotid branches of 1) auriculotemporal nerve (rami parotidei nervi auriculotemporalis; 2) facial vein, rami parotidei venae facialis; 3) superficial temporal artery, ramus arteriae temporalis superficialis. Synonym: rami parotidei. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| caudate branches | Branches of transverse part of left branch of portal vein distributed to the caudate lobe before the vein enters the liver. Synonym: rami caudati. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandular branches | Branches distributed to glands. Synonym: rami glandulares. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandular branches of submandibular ganglion | Branches of submandibular ganglion conveying postsynaptic parasympathetic fibres to the submandibular and sublingual glands. Synonym: rami ganglii submandibularis, rami glandulares ganglii submandibularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial branches | Branches directed toward the midline, to the middle. Nomina Anatomica lists medial branches (ramus lateralis/rami mediales) of the following: 1) anterolateral central arteries, rami mediales arteriarum centralium anterolateralium; 2) dorsal primary rami of spinal nerves, rami medialis ramorum dorsalium nervorum cervicalium/thoracicalium/lumbalium/sacralium; 3) left branch of portal vein, rami mediales rami sinistri venae portae hepatis; 4) left hepatic duct, ramus medialis ductus hepatici sinistri; 5) middle lobar branch of right pulmonary artery, ramus medialis ramorum lobarium medium arteriorum pulmonarium dextrum; 6) supraorbital nerve, ramus medialis nervi supraorbitalis. Synonym: rami mediales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial calcaneal branches of tibial nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Cutaneous branches of tibial nerve distributed to the inferior and medial heel. Synonym: rami calcanei mediales nervi tibialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial crural cutaneous branches of saphenous nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Branches of saphenous nerve distributed to the skin of the medial side of the leg. Synonym: rami cutanei cruris mediales nervi sapheni. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial mammary branches | Branches primarily distributed to the medial portion of the breast. Nomina Anatomica lists medial mammary branches (rami mammarii mediales...) of the following: 1) anterior cutaneous branches of ventral primary rami of thoracic spinal nerves (...rami cutanei anterioris ramorum ventralium nervorum thoracicorum; also known as anterior cutaneous branches of intercostal nerves (...rami cutanei anterioris nervorum intercostalium); nerve branches accompanying the perforating branches of internal thoracic artery. 2) perforating branches of internal thoracic artery (...rami perforantes arteriae thoracicae internae ). Synonym: rami mammarii mediales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial nasal branches of anterior ethmoidal nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Branches of nasociliary nerve distributed to the nasal septum. Synonym: rami nasales mediales nervi ethmoidalis anterioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mediastinal branches | Branches distributed to the mediastinum. Synonym: rami mediastinales, arteriae mediastinales anteriores, mediastinal arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mediastinal branches of thoracic aorta | Numerous small arteries supplying the pleura and lymph nodes of the posterior mediastinum. Synonym: rami mediastinales aortae thoracicae, posterior mediastinal arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| meningeal branches | Branches of vessels or nerves distributed to the coverings of the brain and spinal cord. Synonym: rami meningei. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perforating branches | Arterial branches which penetrate a wall or pass from the anterior to the posterior aspect or compartment of a structure such as the hand or foot to anastomose or be distributed. Synonym: ramus perforans, perforating peroneal artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perforating branches of palmar metacarpal arteries | The perforating branches of the palmar metacarpal arteries, three small arteries that pass dorsally through the second, third, and fourth interosseous spaces of the hand from the palmar metacarpal arteries. Synonym: ramus perforantes arteriarum metacarpalium palmarium, perforating arteries of hand. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perforating branches of plantar metatarsal arteries | The perforating branches of the plantar metatarsal arteries, three small arteries that pass dorsally through the second, third, and fourth interosseous spaces of the foot from the plantar metatarsal arteries. Synonym: ramus perforantes arteriarum metatarsearum plantarium, perforating arteries of foot. (05 Mar 2000) |