| A&P | anterior and posterior; assessment and plans; auscultation and percussion |
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| APA | action potential amplitude; aldosterone-producing adenoma; Ambulatory Pediatric Association; America... |
| APDER | anterior-posterior dual energy radiography |
| APE | acetone powder extract; acute polioencephalitis; acute psychotic episode; airway pressure excursion;... |
| APH | alcohol-positive history; alternative pathway hemolysis; aminoglycoside phosphotransferase; antepart... |
| ramus choroidei ventriculi lateralis | Lateral ventrical branch of anterior choroid artery. See: choroid branches. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ramus choroidei ventriculi quarti | Fourth ventricle choroid branch of posterior inferior cerebellar artery. See: choroid branches. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus choroidei ventriculi tertii | Third ventricle choroid branch of anterior artery. See: choroid branches. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus cingularis | The cingular branch, a branch of the callosomarginal artery supplying the gyrus cinguli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus clivi | The branch to the clivus, a branch of the cerebral part of the internal carotid artery supplying the clivus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus collateralis arteriarum intercostalium posteriorum III-XI | Branch arising near angle of rib and descending to run along superior border of rib below; distribution: lower half of intercostal spaces 3-11; anastomoses: collateral branches of anterior intercostal arteries. Synonym: ramus collateralis arteriarum intercostalium posteriorum III-XI. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus colli nervi facialis | <anatomy, nerve> The most inferior branch of the parotid plexus of the facial nerve, it descends to innervate the platysma muscle. Synonym: ramus colli nervi facialis, ramus cervicalis nervi facialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus communicans | A bundle of nerve fibres passing from one named nerve to join another. The term "communicating branch" is used in the nervous system to replace the inadequate "anastomosing branch" used for vascular systems. Synonym: ramus communicans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus communicans cum chorda tympani | <anatomy, nerve> Terminal branch of chorda tympani joining the lingual nerve in the infratemporal fossa; conveys sensory fibres for taste from anterior two-thirds of tongue and presynaptic parasympathetic fibres destined for submandibular ganglion for innervation of submandibular and sublingual salivary glands. Synonym: ramus communicans cum chorda tympani. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus communicans cum nervo glossopharyngeo | <anatomy, nerve> A small branch from the digastric branch of the facial nerve to the glossopharyngeal nerve. Synonym: ramus communicans cum nervo glossopharyngeo, Haller's ansa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus communicans fibularis nervi fibularis communis | The peroneal (fibular) communicating branch of the common peroneal (fibular) nerve; it arises from the common peroneal nerve in the popliteal space and passes over the lateral head of the gastrocnemius to the middle third of the leg, where it unites with the medial sural cutaneous nerve to form the sural nerve. Synonym: ramus communicans fibularis nervi fibularis communis, ramus communicans peroneus nervi peronei communis, nervus communicans fibularis, nervus communicans peroneus, peroneal anastomotic ramus, peroneal communicating nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus communicans ganglii otici cum nervo auriculotemporali | <anatomy, nerve> A branch of the otic ganglion joining the roots of the auriculotemporal nerve to convey postsynaptic parasympathetic fibres to the parotid gland. Synonym: ramus communicans ganglii otici cum nervo auriculotemporali. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus communicans ganglii otici cum nervo pterygoideo mediali | <anatomy, nerve> Branch of otic ganglion joining the nerve to the medial pterygoid muscle. Synonym: ramus communicans ganglii otici cum nervo pterygoideo mediali. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus communicans ganglii otici cum ramo meningeo nervi mandibularis | <anatomy, nerve> A branch of otic ganglion to the meningeal branch of mandibular nerve conveying postsynaptic parasympathetic fibres which run back to the main stem of the mandibular nerve for distribution to the parotid gland via the auriculotemporal nerve. Synonym: ramus communicans ganglii otici cum ramo meningeo nervi mandibularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus communicans nervi facialis cum plexu tympanico | A fine branch of facial nerve joining the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve. Synonym: ramus communicans nervi facialis cum plexu tympanico. (05 Mar 2000) |