| RCS | rabbit aorta-contracting substance; red cell suspension; reticulum cell sarcoma; right coronary sinu... |
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| RGC | radio-gas chromatography; remnant gastric cancer; retinal ganglion cell; right giant cell |
| RSC | rat spleen cell; rested state contraction; reversible sickle-cell; right subclavian |
| SCAT | sheep cell agglutination test; sickle cell anemia test; Sports Competition Anxiety Test |
| sq | cell ca squamous cell carcinoma |
| pubovesicalis muscle | <anatomy> Smooth muscle fibres within the pubovesical ligament in the female. Synonym: musculus pubovesicalis, pubovesical muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pubovesical muscle | <anatomy> Smooth muscle fibres within the pubovesical ligament in the female. Synonym: musculus pubovesicalis, pubovesical muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semispinalis cervicis muscle | <anatomy> Continuous with musculus semispinalis thoracis; origin, transverse processes of second to fifth thoracic vertebrae; insertion, spinous processes of axis and third to fifth cervical vertebrae; action, extends cervical spine; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of cervical and thoracic spinal nerves. Synonym: musculus semispinalis cervicis, musculus semispinalis colli, semispinal muscle of neck. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semispinalis muscle | <anatomy> The most superficial layer of the three layers of the transversospinal muscle; comprised of semispinalis capitis, semispinalis cervicis, and semispinalis thoracis muscles. Synonym: musculus semispinalis, semispinal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semispinal muscle | <anatomy> The most superficial layer of the three layers of the transversospinal muscle; comprised of semispinalis capitis, semispinalis cervicis, and semispinalis thoracis muscles. Synonym: musculus semispinalis, semispinal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semispinal muscle of head | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, transverse processes of five or six upper thoracic and articular processes of four lower cervical vertebrae; insertion, occipital bone between superior and inferior nuchal lines; action, rotates head and draws it backward; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of cervical spinal nerves. Synonym: musculus semispinalis capitis, musculus complexus, semispinal muscle of head. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semispinal muscle of neck | <anatomy> Continuous with musculus semispinalis thoracis; origin, transverse processes of second to fifth thoracic vertebrae; insertion, spinous processes of axis and third to fifth cervical vertebrae; action, extends cervical spine; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of cervical and thoracic spinal nerves. Synonym: musculus semispinalis cervicis, musculus semispinalis colli, semispinal muscle of neck. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semispinal muscle of thorax | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, transverse processes of fifth to eleventh thoracic vertebrae; insertion, spinous processes of first four thoracic and fifth and seventh cervical vertebrae; action, extends vertebral column; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of cervical and thoracic spinal nerves. Synonym: musculus semispinalis thoracis, musculus semispinalis dorsi, semispinal muscle of thorax. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Horner's muscle | <anatomy> See: orbicularis oculi muscle. Synonym: pars lacrimalis musculi orbicularis oculi, Duverney's muscle, Horner's muscle, musculus tensor tarsi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Houston's muscle | A variation of the bulbospongiosus muscle in which some fibres pass dorsal to the dorsal vein of the penis; thought at one time to be an important component in the mechanism of erection. Synonym: Houston's muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyramidal auricular muscle | <anatomy> An occasional prolongation of the fibres of the tragicus to the spina helicis. Synonym: musculus pyramidalis auriculae, Jung's muscle, pyramidal muscle of auricle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyramidal muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, crest of pubis; insertion, lower portion of linea alba; action, makes linea alba tense; nerve supply, subcostal. Synonym: musculus pyramidalis, pyramidal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyramidal muscle of auricle | <anatomy> An occasional prolongation of the fibres of the tragicus to the spina helicis. Synonym: musculus pyramidalis auriculae, Jung's muscle, pyramidal muscle of auricle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| humeroulnar head of flexor digitorum superficialis muscle | <anatomy> The head of the superficial flexor of the digits that attaches to both the humerus and the ulna. Synonym: caput humeroulnare musculi flexoris digitorum superificialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| serratus posterior superior muscle | <anatomy> Origin, from spinous processes of two lower cervical and two upper thoracic vertebrae; insertion, into lateral side of angles of second to fifth ribs; nerve supply, first to fourth intercostals. Synonym: musculus serratus posterior superior, superior posterior serratus muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |