| LFS | lateral facet syndrome; Li-Fraumeni syndrome; limbic forebrain structure; liver function series |
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| LGB | Landry-Guillain-Barre [syndrome]; lateral geniculate body |
| LGF | lateral giant fiber |
| LH | late healing; lateral hypothalamic [syndrome]; left hand; left heart; left hemisphere; left hyperpho... |
| LHA | lateral hypothalamic area; left hepatic artery |
| fibular veins | Venae comsitantes of the peroneal artery; they join the posterior tibial veins to enter the popliteal vein. Synonym: venae peroneae, venae fibulares, fibular veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| uterine veins | Two veins on each side which arise from the uterine venous plexus, pass through a part of the broad ligament and then through a peritoneal fold, and empty into the internal iliac vein. Synonym: venae uterinae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| labial veins | See: anterior labial veins, posterior labial veins, inferior labial vein, superior labial vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| labyrinthine veins | One or more veins accompanying the labyrinthine artery; they drain the internal ear, pass out through the internal acoustic meatus, and empty into the transverse sinus or the inferior petrosal sinus. Synonym: venae labyrinthi, internal auditory veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramina of the smallest veins of heart | <anatomy> A number of fossae in the wall of the right atrium, containing the openings of minute intramural veins. Synonym: foramina venarum minimarum cordis, foramina of the smallest veins of heart, Lannelongue's foramina, thebesian foramina, Vieussens' foramina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| laryngeal veins | See: inferior laryngeal vein, superior laryngeal vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left hepatic veins | Veins draining the lateral segments [II & III] of the left lobe of the liver which join to form a single or paired trunk of variable size which usually (90% of the time) merges with that formed by the middle hepatic veins prior to entering the terminal portion of the superior vena cava. Synonym: venae hepaticae sinistrae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frontal veins | The superficial veins draining the frontal cortex and emptying into the superior sagittal sinus. Synonym: supratrochlear veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbar veins | Five in number, these veins accompany the lumbar arteries, drain the posterior body wall and the lumbar vertebral venous plexuses, and terminate anteriorly as follows: the first and second in the ascending lumbar vein, the third and fourth in the inferior vena cava, and the fifth in the iliolumbar vein; all communicate via the ascending lumbar veins. Synonym: venae lumbales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Amberg's lateral sinus line | A line dividing the angle formed by the anterior edge of the mastoid process and the temporal line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | A serious neurologic disease that results from the progressive degeneration of the motor neurons. (27 Sep 1997) |
| amyotropic lateral sclerosis | A chronic progressive disease of motor neurons (the nerves that come from the spinal cord to supply electrical energy to the muscles). (12 Dec 1998) |
| anterior lateral malleolar artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, anterior tibial; distribution, ankle joint; anastomoses, peroneal, lateral tarsal. Synonym: arteria malleolaris anterior lateralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bulb of lateral ventricle | A rounded elevation in the dorsal part of the medial wall of the posterior horn of the lateral ventricle, produced by the major forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bulb of posterior horn of lateral ventricle of brain | Bulb of posterior horn of lateral ventricle of the brain; a curved elevation on the inner wall of the posterior horn produced by the fibres of the forceps major of the corpus callosum as they bend backward into the occipital lobe. Synonym: bulb of posterior horn of lateral ventricle of brain. (05 Mar 2000) |