| AIS | Abbreviated Injury Scale; amniotic infection syndrome; androgen insensitivity syndrome; anterior int... |
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| AIVV | anterior informal vertebral vein |
| AL | absolute latency; acinar lumen; acute leukemia; adaptation level; albumin; alcoholism [and other dru... |
| ALAO | angiographic area of left anterior oblique projection |
| ALD | adrenoleukodystrophy; alcoholic liver disease; aldolase; anterior latissimus dorsi; Appraisal of Lan... |
| anterior synechia | Adhesion of the iris to the cornea. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| anterior talar articular surface of calcaneus | Underlies the head of the talus and contributes to the talocalcaneonavicular joint. Synonym: facies articularis talaris anterior calcanei. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior talofibular ligament | <anatomy> The band of fibres that extends from the lateral malleolus to the neck of the talus. Synonym: ligamentum talofibulare anterius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior talotibial ligament | <anatomy> The part of the medial or deltoid ligament that extends from the medial malleolus to the neck of the talus. Synonym: pars tibiotalaris anterior ligamenti medialis, anterior talotibial ligament, anterior tibiotalar part of deltoid ligament, ligamentum medialis, ligamentum talotibiale anterius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior teeth | <dentistry> Your centrals, laterals, and cuspids. These are the teeth in the front of your mouth. (08 Jan 1998) |
| anterior thalamic radiations | Radiations formed by fibres interconnecting, via the anterior limb of the internal capsule, the anterior and medial thalamic nuclei and the cerebral cortex of the frontal lobe (excluding the precentral gyrus bordering on the central sulcus). (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior tibial bursa | <anatomy> The small bursa between the medial surface of the medial cuneiform bone and the tendon of the tibialis anterior. Synonym: bursa subtendinea musculi tibialis anterioris, anterior tibial bursa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior tibial compartment syndrome | <syndrome> Ischemic necrosis of the muscles of the anterior tibial compartment of the leg, presumed due to compression of arteries by swollen muscles following unaccustomed exertion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior tibial lymph node | A small inconstant lymph node in front of the interosseous membrane along the upper part of the anterior tibial vessels. Synonym: nodus tibialis anterior, anterior tibial node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior tibial muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, upper two-thirds of lateral surface of tibia, interosseous membrane, and intermuscular septum; insertion, medial cuneiform and base of first metatarsal; action, dorsiflexion and inversion of foot; nerve supply, deep peroneal. Synonym: musculus tibialis anterior, anterior tibial muscle, musculus tibialis anticus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior tibial nerve | <anatomy, nerve> One of the terminal branches of the common peroneal nerve, arising at the fibular neck and passing into the anterior compartment of the leg; it supplies the tibialis anterior, extensor hallucis longus, extensor digitorum longus, and peroneus tertius muscles in the leg, then crosses the ankle joint to supply the muscles on the dorsum of the foot (extensors hallucis and digitorum brevis) becoming cutaneous to innervate adjacent sides of the great and second toes. Synonym: nervus fibularis profundus, nervus peroneus profundus, anterior tibial nerve, deep fibular nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior tibial node | A small inconstant lymph node in front of the interosseous membrane along the upper part of the anterior tibial vessels. Synonym: nodus tibialis anterior, anterior tibial node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior tibial veins | The venae comitantes of the anterior tibial artery which empty into the popliteal vein. Synonym: venae tibiales anteriores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior tibiofibular ligament | <anatomy> The ligament that binds the anterior aspect of the tibiofibular syndesmosis. Synonym: ligamentum tibiofibulare anterius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior tibiotalar ligament | <anatomy> The part of the medial or deltoid ligament that extends from the medial malleolus to the neck of the talus. Synonym: pars tibiotalaris anterior ligamenti medialis, anterior talotibial ligament, anterior tibiotalar part of deltoid ligament, ligamentum medialis, ligamentum talotibiale anterius. (05 Mar 2000) |