| FMA | Frankfort mandibular plane angle |
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| HP | halogen phosphorus; handicapped person; haptoglobin; hard palate; Harvard pump; health profession(al... |
| IMPA | incisal mandibular plane angle |
| MAP | malignant atrophic papulosis; mandibular angle plane; maturation-activated protein; maximal aerobic ... |
| MSP | macrophage stimulating protein; maximum squeeze pressure; median sagittal plane; microseminoprotein;... |
| Fleischmann, Friedrich Ludwig | <person> 19th century German anatomist. See: sublingual bursa. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Lichtheim, Ludwig | <person> German physician, 1845-1928. See: Lichtheim's sign, Dejerine-Lichtheim phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ludwig, Daniel | <person> German anatomist, 1625-1680. See: Ludwig's angle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ludwig, Karl | <person> German anatomist and physiologist, 1816-1895. See: depressor nerve of Ludwig, Ludwig's ganglion, Ludwig's labyrinth, Ludwig's nerve, Ludwig's stromuhr. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ludwig, Kurt | <person> German anatomist, *1922. See: Klinger-Ludwig acid-thionin stain for sex chromatin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ludwig's angina | A bacterial infection of the floor of the mouth (sublingual space). May result in inability to swallow or speak. In advanced cases breathing may be impossible. Can be seen as a complication of a dental infection or procedure. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Ludwig's angle | The angle between the manubrium and the body of the sternum at the manubriosternal junction. Marks the level of the second costal cartilage (rib) for counting ribs or intercostal spaces. Denotes level of aortic arch, bifurcation of trachea, and T4/T5 intervertebral disc. Synonym: angulus sterni, Louis' angle, Ludwig's angle, manubriosternal junction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ludwig's ganglion | A small collection of parasympathetic nerve cells in the interatrial septum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ludwig's labyrinth | Proximal and distal convoluted tubules and the associated renal corpuscles supplied by branches of the interlobular arteries. Synonym: labyrinthus, pars convoluta lobuli corticalis renis, labyrinth, Ludwig's labyrinth, renal labyrinth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ludwig's nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A branch of the vagus which ends in the aortic arch and base of the heart; composed entirely of afferent fibres; its stimulation elicits a brainstem reflex which causes slowing of the heart, dilation of the peripheral vessels, and a fall in blood pressure. Synonym: Cyon's nerve, depressor nerve of Ludwig, Ludwig's nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ludwig, Wilhelm Friedrich von | <person> German surgeon, 1790-1865. See: Ludwig's angina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Aeby's plane | In craniometry, a plane perpendicular to the median plane of the cranium, cutting the nasion and the basion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aperture plane | <microscopy> In a microscope adjusted for Koehler illumination, the conjugate planes that include the light source, the condenser iris diaphragm, the objective lens back aperture, and the eye point. Spaces in the aperture planes are the reciprocal of those in the field planes. (05 Aug 1998) |
| auriculo-infraorbital plane | A standard craniometric reference plane passing through the right and left porion and the left orbitale; drawn on the profile radiograph or photograph from the superior margin of the acoustic meatus to the orbitale. Synonym: auriculo-infraorbital plane, eye-ear plane, Frankfort horizontal plane, Frankfort plane, infraorbitomeatal plane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axial plane | Transverse plane, as in CT scanning. Synonym: transaxial plane. (05 Mar 2000) |