| SC | conditioned stimulus; sacrococcygeal; Sanitary Corps; scalenus [muscle]; scapula; Schwann cell; scia... |
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| SCA | self-care agency; severe congenital anomaly; sickle-cell anemia; single-camera autostereoscopic [ima... |
| SCG | serum chemistry graft; serum chemogram; sodium cromoglycate; superior cervical ganglion |
| SCP | single-celled protein; standard care plan; sodium cellulose phosphate; soluble cytoplasmic protein; ... |
| SF | Sabin-Feldman [test]; safety factor; salt-free; scarlet fever; screen film; seminal fluid; serosal f... |
| head of metacarpal bone | The expanded distal end of a metacarpal that articulates with the proximal phalanx of the same digit. Synonym: caput ossis metacarpalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| head of metatarsal bone | The expanded distal end of a metatarsal bone that articulates with the proximal phalanx of the same digit. Synonym: caput ossis metatarsalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacred bone | <anatomy> The triangular-shaped bone lying between the 5th lumbar vertebra and the coccyx (tailbone). It consists of 5 vertebrae fused together and it articulates on each side with the bones of the pelvis (ilium), forming the sacroiliac joints. (17 Dec 1997) |
| sagittal border of parietal bone | The medial border of the parietal bone entering into the sagittal suture. Synonym: margo sagittalis ossis parietalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heel bone | The largest of the tarsal bones and is situated at the lower and back part of the foot forming the heel. (12 Dec 1998) |
| scaphoid bone | The largest bone of the proximal row of the carpus on the lateral (radial) side, articulating with the radius, lunate, capitate, trapezium, and trapezoid. Synonym: os scaphoideum, navicular bone of hand, os naviculare manus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scaphoid fossa of sphenoid bone | A boat-shaped hollow. A longitudinal hollow on the posterior surface of the superior portion (root) of the medial pterygoid plate; it gives origin to the tensor veli palati muscle. Synonym: fossa scaphoidea ossis sphenoidalis, Cruveilhier's fossa, fossa navicularis Cruveilhier, scaphoid fossa of sphenoid bone. Synonym: scapha. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerotic bone metastases | <radiology> Prostate, bladder, rectum, breast (occasionally), bronchus, carcinoid tumours, Hodgkin disease, stomach see: ivory vertebral body (12 Dec 1998) |
| hip bone | A large flat bone formed by the fusion of the ilium, ischium, and pubis (in the adult), constituting the lateral half of the pelvis; it articulates with its fellow anteriorly, with the sacrum posteriorly, and with the femur laterally. Synonym: os coxae, coxa, coxal bone, innominate bone, os innominatum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pterygoid ridge of sphenoid bone | A rough ridge marking the angle of union of the temporal and infratemporal surfaces of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone. Synonym: crista infratemporalis, pterygoid ridge of sphenoid bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| second cuneiform bone | A bone of the distal row of the tarsus; it articulates with the medial and lateral cuneiform, navicular, and second metatarsal bones. Synonym: os cuneiforme intermedium, mesocuneiform, middle cuneiform bone, second cuneiform bone, wedge bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hollow bone | A bone that is hollow or contains many air cells, such as the mastoid process of the temporal bone. Synonym: os pneumaticum, hollow bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pubic bone | The prominence caused by a pad of fatty tissue over the symphysis pubis in the female. Synonym: os pubis, mons veneris, pubes, pubic bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semilunar bone | An obsolete term for lunate bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hooked bone | The bone on the medial (ulnar) side of the distal row of the carpus; it articulates with the fourth and fifth metacarpal, triquetral, lunate, and capitate. Synonym: os hamatum, hamatum, hooked bone, unciform bone, unciforme, uncinatum. (05 Mar 2000) |