| CDR | calcium-dependent regulator; clinical dementia rating; complementary determining region; computerize... |
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| D/A | date of accident; date of admission; digital-to-analog [converter]; discharge and advise |
| DAC | derived air concentration; digital-to-analog converter; disaster assistance center; Division of Ambu... |
| DAS | dead air space; Death Anxiety Scale; delayed anovulatory syndrome; dextroamphetamine sulfate; digita... |
| DC | daily census; data communication; data conversion; decrease; deep compartment; Dental Corps; deoxych... |
| vidian artery | <radiology> Arises from petrous portion of ICA, passes through foramen lacerum, ends in oropharynx or continues as, artery of pterygoid canal, anastamoses with branches of: ascending pharyngeal a., accessory meningeal a., descending and ascending palatine aa. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| caudal pancreatic artery | Origin, splenic artery near the left gastroepiploic; distribution, the tail of the pancreas; anastomoses, with other pancreatic arteries. Synonym: arteria caudae pancreatis, caudal pancreatic artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandular branches of facial artery | <anatomy, artery> Branches of facial artery to the submandibular gland. Synonym: rami glandulares arteriae facialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandular branches of inferior thyroid artery | <anatomy, artery> Branches of inferior thyroid artery to thyroid and parathyroid glands, anastomosing with branches of superior thyroid artery. Synonym: rami glandulares arteriae thyroideae inferioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glaserian artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, maxillary; distribution, middle ear; anastomoses, tympanic branches of internal carotid and ascending pharyngeal and stylomastoid. Synonym: arteria tympanica anterior, glaserian artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavernous branch of internal carotid artery | <anatomy, artery> A branch of the cavernous part of the internal carotid artery supplying the walls of the cavernous sinus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavernous part of internal carotid artery | <anatomy, artery> The tortuous portion of the internal carotid artery located within the cavernous sinus; it has numerous small branches. Synonym: pars cavernosa arteriae carotidis internae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavernous sinus branch of internal carotid artery | <anatomy, artery> A number of small branches of the cavernous part of the internal carotid artery. See: ganglionic branch of internal carotid artery, basal tentorial branch of internal carotid artery, marginal tentorial branch of internal carotid artery. Synonym: ramus sinus cavernosi arteriae carotidis arteriae, cavernous arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial basal branch of pulmonary artery | <anatomy, artery> A branch of the basal part of inferior lobar branches of the left and right pulmonary arteries. Synonym: ramus basalis medialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial circumflex artery of thigh | <anatomy, artery> Origin, profunda femoris; distribution, hip joint, muscles of thigh; anastomoses, inferior gluteal, superior gluteal, lateral circumflex femoral. Synonym: arteria circumflexa femoris medialis, medial circumflex artery of thigh, medial femoral circumflex artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial circumflex femoral artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, profunda femoris; distribution, hip joint, muscles of thigh; anastomoses, inferior gluteal, superior gluteal, lateral circumflex femoral. Synonym: arteria circumflexa femoris medialis, medial circumflex artery of thigh, medial femoral circumflex artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial femoral circumflex artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, profunda femoris; distribution, hip joint, muscles of thigh; anastomoses, inferior gluteal, superior gluteal, lateral circumflex femoral. Synonym: arteria circumflexa femoris medialis, medial circumflex artery of thigh, medial femoral circumflex artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial frontobasal artery | <anatomy, artery> The medial orbitofrontal branch, the first branch of the pericallosal artery; it supplies the medial half of the inferior surface of the frontal cortex. Synonym: arteria frontobasalis medialis, ramus orbitofrontalis medialis, orbital artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial inferior genicular artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, popliteal; distribution, knee joint; anastomoses, anterior and posterior tibial recurrent and medial superior genicular, i.e., articular vascular network of knee. Synonym: arteria genus inferior medialis, medial inferior genicular artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial occipital artery | <anatomy, artery> One of the terminal branches of the posterior cerebral artery; it is distributed, by several named branches, to the posterior corpus callosum and the medial and superolateral portions of the occipital lobe including the visual cortex. Synonym: arteria occipitalis medialis. (05 Mar 2000) |