| cap | capacity; capsule |
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| caps | capsule |
| DFC | developmental field complex; dry-filled capsule |
| HF | Hageman factor; haplotype frequency; hard filled [capsule]; hay fever; head of fetus; head forward; ... |
| HFC | hard filled capsule; high-frequency current; histamine-forming capacity |
| internal nasal branches | Branches to nasal cavity. Internal nasal branches of 1) infraorbital nerve (rami nasales interni nervi infraorbitalis ); 2) nasociliary nerve (rami nasales interni nervi ethmoidalis anterioris ). Synonym: rami nasales interni. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| thymic branches of internal thoracic artery | <anatomy, artery> See: mediastinal branches of internal thoracic artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| articularis genu | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, lower fourth of anterior surface of shaft of femur; insertion, suprapatellar bursa of knee joint; action, retracts suprapatellar bursa, during extension of knee; nerve supply, femoral. Synonym: musculus articularis genus, articular muscle of knee, Dupre's muscle, subcrural muscle, subcruralis, subcrureus, subquadricipital muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genu | <anatomy> The knee. The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum of the brain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| genu capsulae internae | The obtuse angle, opening laterally in the horizontal plane, formed by the union of the two limbs (crus anterius and crus posterius) of the internal capsule. Synonym: genu capsulae internae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genu corporis callosi | The anterior extremity of the corpus callosum that folds downward and backward on itself, terminating in the rostrum. Synonym: genu corporis callosi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genu nervi facialis | <anatomy, nerve> The curve which the fibres of the root of the facial nerve describe around the abducens nucleus in the pontine tegmentum; the internal genu of the facial nerve. Synonym: genu nervi facialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genu of corpus callosum | The anterior extremity of the corpus callosum that folds downward and backward on itself, terminating in the rostrum. Synonym: genu corporis callosi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genu of facial canal | A sharp bend in the facial canal where the geniculate ganglion is located. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genu of facial nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The curve which the fibres of the root of the facial nerve describe around the abducens nucleus in the pontine tegmentum; the internal genu of the facial nerve. Synonym: genu nervi facialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genu recurvatum | Hyperextension of the knee, the lower extremity having a forward curvature. Synonym: back-knee. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genu valgum | A deformity marked by lateral angulation of the leg in relation to the thigh. Synonym: knock-knee, tibia valga. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genu varum | A deformity marked by medial angulation of the leg in relation to the thigh; an outward bowing of the legs. Synonym: bandy-leg, bowleg, bow-leg, tibia vara. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adipose capsule | The perirenal fat. Synonym: capsula adiposa renis, adipose capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adrenal capsule | See adrenal gland. (12 Dec 1998) |