| PPL | penicilloyl polylysine; posterior pulmonary leaflet |
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| PR | by way of the rectum [Lat. per rectum]; far point [of accommodation] [Lat. punctum remotum]; palindr... |
| pRCA | posterior right coronary artery |
| camera oculi posterior | The ringlike space, filled with aqueous humor, between the iris/pupil anteriorly and the lens and ciliary body posteriorly. Synonym: camera posterior bulbi, camera oculi minor, camera oculi posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| camera posterior bulbi | The ringlike space, filled with aqueous humor, between the iris/pupil anteriorly and the lens and ciliary body posteriorly. Synonym: camera posterior bulbi, camera oculi minor, camera oculi posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canales saemicirculares posterior | Posterior saemicircular canal. See: bony saemicircular canals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| valvula semilunaris posterior valvae aortae | Posterior semilunar cusp of the aortic valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radix posterior | The sensory root of a spinal nerve, having a dorsal root ganglion containing the nerve cell bodies of the fibres conveyed by the root in its distal end. Synonym: radix posterior, radix sensoria, posterior root, radix dorsalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gastric branches of posterior vagal trunk | Posterior gastric branches; branches of the posterior vagal trunk to the posterior surface of the stomach. Synonym: rami gastrici posteriores nervi vagi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus basalis posterior | Posterior basal branch of the basal part of the inferior lobar branch of the left and right pulmonary arteries. Synonym: ramus basalis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vein of posterior horn | A small vein draining the surface region of the posterior horn of the lateral ventricle; it is a tributary to the great cerebral vein. Synonym: vein of posterior horn. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus glandulares anterior/lateralis/posterior arteriae thyroideae superioris | glandular branches of anterior/lateral/posterior branches of superior thyroid artery |
| ramus interventricularis posterior arteriae coronariae dextrae | <anatomy, artery> Posterior interventricular branch of right coronary artery. Continuation of right coronary artery in posterior interventricular sulcus; descends to apex to anastomose with anterior interventricular artery; supplies most of diaphragmatic aspect of ventricles and posterior third of interventricular septum. Synonym: ramus interventricularis posterior arteriae coronariae dextrae, posterior descending artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus meningeus posterior | The posterior meningeal branch of the vertebral artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus posterior arteriae obturatoriae | <anatomy, artery> Branch of obturator artery giving rise to acetabular branch and supplying muscles attached to ischium. Synonym: ramus posterior arteriae obturatoriae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus posterior arteriae pancreaticoduodenalis inferioris | <anatomy, artery> The more dorsal of the two branches into which the inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery bifurcates; supplies uncinate process and head of pancreas, as well as the third and fourth parts of the duodenum; anastomoses with the posterior branch of the superior pancreaticuduodenal artery. Synonym: ramus posterior arteriae pancreaticoduodenalis inferioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus posterior arteriae recurrentis ulnaris | <anatomy, artery> Contributes to blood supply of flexor carpi ulnaris and to articular network of elbow. Synonym: ramus posterior arteriae recurrentis ulnaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus posterior arteriae renalis | <anatomy, artery> Terminal branch of renal artery (with anterior branch) becoming the posterior segmental artery of kidney. Synonym: ramus posterior arteriae renalis. (05 Mar 2000) |