| RL | radial line; radiation laboratory; reduction level; renal dysplasia-limb defects [syndrome]; resisti... |
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| RLF | retrolental fibroplasia; right lateral femoral |
| RLR | right lateral rectus [muscle] |
| rt | lat right lateral |
| RUL | right upper eyelid; right upper lateral; right upper limb; right upper lobe |
| supraorbital vein | <anatomy, vein> Drains the front of the scalp and unites with the supratrochlear veins to form the angular vein. Synonym: vena supraorbitalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| suprascapular vein | <anatomy, vein> Vein that accompanies the suprascapular artery and empties into the external jugular vein. Synonym: vena suprascapularis, transverse vein of scapula, vena transversa scapulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| supreme intercostal vein | <anatomy, vein> The vein draining the first intercostal space into either the vertebral or the brachiocephalic vein. Synonym: vena intercostalis suprema, supreme intercostal vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diploic vein | <anatomy, vein> One of the veins in the diploe of the cranial bones, connected with the cerebral sinuses by emissary veins; the main diploic veins are the frontal, anterior temporal, posterior temporal, and occipital. Synonym: vena diploica, Breschet's vein, Dupuytren's canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsal callosal vein | It originates on the superior surface of the corpus callosum and runs posteriorly to terminate in the great cerebral vein. Synonym: dorsal callosal vein, dorsal vein of corpus callosum, posterior marginal vein, posterior pericallosal vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsal lingual vein | <anatomy, vein> Multiple tributaries of the lingual vein draining the dorsum of the tongue, becoming increasingly larger toward the root of the tongue. Synonym: venae dorsales linguae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsal scapular vein | <anatomy, vein> The vena comitans of the descending scapular artery; it is a tributary to the subclavian or the external jugular vein. Synonym: vena scapularis dorsalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsal vein of corpus callosum | It originates on the superior surface of the corpus callosum and runs posteriorly to terminate in the great cerebral vein. Synonym: dorsal callosal vein, dorsal vein of corpus callosum, posterior marginal vein, posterior pericallosal vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ileocolic vein | <anatomy, vein> A large tributary of the superior mesenteric vein that runs parallel to the ileocolic artery and drains the terminal ileum, appendix, caecum, and the lower part of the ascending colon. Synonym: vena ileocolica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| iliac vein | <anatomy, vein> A vein on either side of the body which is formed by the union of the external and internal iliac veins and passes upward to join with its fellow of the opposite side to form the inferior vena cava. (12 Dec 1998) |
| iliolumbar vein | <anatomy, vein> Accompanying the artery of the same name, anastomosing with the lumbar and deep circumflex iliac veins, and emptying into the internal iliac vein. Synonym: vena iliolumbalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inferior anastomotic vein | <anatomy, vein> An inconstant vein that passes from the superficial middle cerebral vein posteriorly over the lateral aspect of the temporal lobe to enter the transverse sinus. Synonym: vena anastomotica inferior, Browning's vein, Labbe's vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inferior basal vein | <anatomy, vein> Tributary to the common basal vein draining the medial and posterior part of the inferior lobe in each lung. Synonym: vena basalis inferior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inferior cardiac vein | <anatomy, vein> Begins at the apex of the heart (where it anastomoses with the great cardiac vein), and ascends within the posterior interventricular sulcus to the coronary sinus. Synonym: vena cordis media, inferior cardiac vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inferior choroid vein | <anatomy, vein> A small vein draining the lower part of the choroid plexus of the lateral ventricle into the basal vein. Synonym: vena choroidea inferior. (05 Mar 2000) |