| NSM | neurosecretory material; neurosecretory motor neuron; nonantigenic specific mediator; nutrient sporu... |
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| TNA | total nutrient admixture |
| TGA | Transposition of Great Arteries |
| AA | abdominal aorta; acetic acid; achievement age; active alcoholic; active assistive [range of motion];... |
| aa | arteries [Lat. arteriae] |
| nutrient artery of femur | One of two artery's, superior and inferior, arising from the first and third perforating arteries respectively (sometimes second and fourth). (05 Mar 2000) |
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| nutrient artery of fibula | Origin, peroneal (fibular); distribution, fibula. Synonym: arteria nutriens fibulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient artery of the tibia | Artery derived from the upper part of the posterior tibial artery; it enters through the nutrient foramen on the posterior surface of the tibia. Synonym: arteria nutriens tibialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient canal | A canal in the shaft of a long bone or in other locations in irregular bones through which the nutrient artery enters a bone. Synonym: canalis nutricius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient enema | A rectal injection of predigested food. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient foramen | The external opening of the nutrient canal in a bone. Synonym: foramen nutricium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient medium | A substance, either solid or liquid, used for the cultivation, isolation, identification, or storage of microorganisms. Synonym: growth medium, medium, nutrient medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient vessel | <anatomy, artery> An artery of variable origin that supplies the medullary cavity of a long bone. Synonym: arteria nutricia, nutrient vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trace nutrient | Essential dietary elements required only in small quantities. They are present in the body in amounts less than .005% of body weight. (12 Dec 1998) |
| excito-nutrient | <physiology> Exciting nutrition; said of the reflex influence by which the nutritional processes are either excited or modified. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anterior intercostal arteries | One of the arteries supplying the anterior portions of the intercostal spaces of the thoracic wall. Anterior intercostal arteries 1-6 arise as branches of the internal thoracic artery; 7-11 arise as branches of the musculophrenic artery. Synonym: rami intercostales anteriores, rami intercostalis anteriores arteria thoracica interna. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior labial arteries | The anterior labial branches, branches of the external pudendal artery to the labium majus. Synonym: rami labiales anteriores arteriae pudendae externae, arteriae labiales anteriores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior mediastinal arteries | <anatomy, artery> Small twigs supplying anterior mediastinal structures: mainly thymus and lymph nodes. Synonym: rami mediastinales arteriae thoracicae internae, rami thymici, anterior mediastinal arteries, arteriae thymicae, thymic arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior superior alveolar arteries | Origin, infraorbital artery within intraorbital canal; distribution, via anterior alveolar canals to upper incisors and canine teeth, mucus membrane of maxillary sinus. Synonym: arteriae alveolares superiores anteriores, anterior superior dental arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior superior dental arteries | Origin, infraorbital artery within intraorbital canal; distribution, via anterior alveolar canals to upper incisors and canine teeth, mucus membrane of maxillary sinus. Synonym: arteriae alveolares superiores anteriores, anterior superior dental arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |