| BZRP | benzodiazepine receptor peripheral [type] |
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| FPR | false-positive rate; finger peripheral resistance; fluorescence photobleaching recovery; N-formylpep... |
| HPBL | human peripheral blood leukocyte |
| HPL | human parotid lysozyme; human peripheral lymphocyte; human placental lactogen |
| HPMC | human peripheral mononuclear cell |
| collateral artery | <anatomy, artery> One that runs parallel with a nerve or other structure, one through which a collateral circulation is established. See: articular vascular network. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| collateral digital artery | <anatomy, artery> Terminal branches of the common palmar digital artery that pass to the side of each finger. Synonym: arteria digitalis palmaris propria, collateral digital artery, digital collateral artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| common carotid artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, right from brachiocephalic, left from arch of aorta; runs upward in the neck and divides opposite upper border of thyroid cartilage (C-4 vertebral level) into terminal branches, external and internal carotid. Synonym: arteria carotis communis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| common hepatic artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, coeliac; branches, right gastric, gastroduodenal, and proper hepatic. Synonym: arteria hepatica communis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| common iliac artery | <anatomy, artery> One of the two terminal branches of the abdominal aorta; opposite the lumbosacral joint, it bifurcates to form the internal iliac and the external iliac. Synonym: arteria iliaca communis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| common interosseous artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, ulnar; branches, anterior and posterior interosseous. Synonym: arteria interossea communis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| common palmar digital artery | <anatomy, artery> One of three arteries arising from the superficial palmar arch and running to the interdigital clefts where each divides into two proper palmar digital arteries. Synonym: arteria digitalis palmaris communis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| common plantar digital artery | <anatomy, artery> One of four arteries arising from a superficial plantar arch, when present as a variation. They unite with the plantar metatarsal arteries. Synonym: arteria digitalis plantaris communis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| communicating artery | <anatomy, artery> An artery that connects two larger artery's. See: anterior communicating artery, posterior communicating artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| communicating branch of peroneal artery | <anatomy, artery> The communicating branch of the peroneal (fibular) artery. Synonym: ramus communicans arteriae fibularis, ramus communicans arteriae peroneae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| companion artery to sciatic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Origin, inferior gluteal; distribution, sciatic nerve; anastomoses, branches of profunda femoris. Synonym: arteria comitans nervi ischiadici, companion artery to sciatic nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plantar metatarsal artery | <anatomy, artery> One of four branches of the plantar arterial arch that divide into plantar digital arteries to supply the toes. Synonym: arteria metatarsea plantaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wilkie's artery | <anatomy, artery> The right colic artery when it occasionally crosses the duodenum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plexus of anterior cerebral artery | <anatomy, artery> An autonomic plexus accompanying the anterior cerebral artery, derived from the internal carotid plexus. Synonym: plexus arteriae cerebri anterioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plexus of choroid artery | <anatomy, artery> An autonomic plexus accompanying the artery of the same name, derived from the internal carotid plexus. Synonym: plexus arteriae choroideae. (05 Mar 2000) |