| EPS | 1) Extra-Pyramidal Syndrome 2) Electro-Physiological Study |
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| COEPS | cortical originating extra-pyramidal system |
| HPC | hemangiopericytoma; hippocampal pyramidal cell; history of present complaint; holoprosencephaly; hyd... |
| PR | by way of the rectum [Lat. per rectum]; far point [of accommodation] [Lat. punctum remotum]; palindr... |
| AST | allergy serum transfer; angiotensin sensitivity test; anterior spinothalamic tract; antistreptolysin... |
| pyramidal decussation | The intercrossing of the bundles of the pyramidal tracts at the lower border region of the medulla oblongata. Synonym: decussatio pyramidum, decussatio motoria, motor decussation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pyramidal disease | A condition of the horse's foot in which there is exostosis of the extensor process of the third phalanx, with swelling and chronic inflammation at the coronary band on the anterior surface of the foot. Synonym: pyramidal disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyramidal eminence | A conical projection posterior to the vestibular window in the middle ear; it is hollow and contains the stapedius muscle. Synonym: pyramid of tympanum, pyramidal eminence, pyramis tympani. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyramidal fibres | The fibres that compose the pyramidal tract (corticospinalis). Synonym: fibrae corticospinales, corticospinal fibres, fibrae pyramidales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyramidal fracture | A fracture of the midfacial skeleton with the principal fracture lines meeting at an apex at or near the superior aspect of the nasal bones. Synonym: Le Fort II fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyramidal lobe of thyroid gland | <anatomy> An inconstant narrow lobe of the thyroid gland that arises from the upper border of the isthmus and extends upward, sometimes as far as the hyoid bone; it marks the point of continuity with the thyroglossal duct. Synonym: lobus pyramidalis glandulae thyroideae, Lallouette's pyramid, Morgagni's appendix, pyramid of thyroid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyramidal muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, crest of pubis; insertion, lower portion of linea alba; action, makes linea alba tense; nerve supply, subcostal. Synonym: musculus pyramidalis, pyramidal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyramidal muscle of auricle | <anatomy> An occasional prolongation of the fibres of the tragicus to the spina helicis. Synonym: musculus pyramidalis auriculae, Jung's muscle, pyramidal muscle of auricle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyramidal process | The portion of the palatine bone passing lateral and posterior from the angle formed by the vertical and horizontal plates. Synonym: processus pyramidalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyramidal radiation | Corticospinal fibres passing from the cortex into the pyramid. Synonym: radiatio pyramidalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyramidal tractotomy | May be mesencephalic (pedunculotomy or crusotomy), medullary (medullary pyramidotomy), or spinal (spinal pyramidotomy). (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral pyramidal fasciculus | Those fibres of the pyramidal tract that cross to the opposite side in the pyramidal decussation and descend in the dorsal half of the lateral funiculus of the spinal cord; they are distributed throughout the length of the spinal cord to interneurons of the zona intermedia of the spinal gray matter. See: pyramidal tract. Synonym: tractus corticospinalis lateralis, tractus pyramidalis lateralis, crossed pyramidal tract, fasciculus corticospinalis lateralis, fasciculus pyramidalis lateralis, lateral corticospinal tract, lateral pyramidal fasciculus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior part of anterior commissure of brain | The anterior part of the anterior or rostral commissure of the brain. Synonym: pars anterior commissurae rostralis, pars anterior commissurae anterioris cerebri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alimentary tract | The passage leading from the mouth to the anus through the pharynx, oesophagus, stomach, and intestine. Synonym: alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tube, tubus digestorius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alimentary tract smear | A group of cytologic specimens containing material from the mouth (oral smear), oesophagus and stomach (gastric smear), duodenum (paraduodenal smear), and colon, obtained by specialised lavage techniques; used principally for the diagnosis of cancer of those areas. (05 Mar 2000) |