| IF | idiopathic fibroplasia; idiopathic flushing; immersion foot; immunofluorescence; indirect fluorescen... |
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| SF | Sabin-Feldman [test]; safety factor; salt-free; scarlet fever; screen film; seminal fluid; serosal f... |
| UFD | ultrasonic flow detector; unilateral facet dislocation |
| ALS | acute lateral sclerosis; advanced life support; afferent loop syndrome; amyotrophic lateral sclerosi... |
| LGN | lateral geniculate nucleus; lateral glomerulonephritis |
| inferior costal facet | Demifacet on the lower edge of the body of a vertebra articulating with the head of a rib. Synonym: fovea costalis inferior, inferior costal pit. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| transverse costal facet | A facet on the transverse process of a vertebra for articulation with the tubercle of a rib. Synonym: fovea costalis processus transversi, costal pit of transverse process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facet | 1. A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond. Alternative forms: facette. 2. <anatomy> A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone. 3. The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column. 4. <entomology, zoology> One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans. Origin: F. Facette, dim. Of face face. See Face. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| facet joints | The synovial joints between zygapophyses or articular processes of the vertebrae. Synonym: articulationes zygapophyseales, facet joints, interarticular joints, juncturae zygapophyseales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facet of atlas for dens | A circular facet on the posterior (inner) surface of the anterior arch of the atlas which articulates with the dens of the axis. Synonym: fovea dentis atlantis, pit of atlas for dens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facet rhizotomy | A percutaneous radio frequency lysis of the innervation of a facet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lenoir's facet | The medial articular surface of the patella. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior medial malleolar artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, anterior tibial; distribution, ankle joint and neighboring integument; anastomoses, branches of posterior tibial. Synonym: arteria malleolaris anterior medialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of talus | The large posterior part of the talus forming the trochlea above for articulation with the tibia and fibula and articulating below with the calcaneus. Synonym: corpus tali. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcaneal articular surface of talus | One of three articular surfaces on the talus for union with the calcaneus: facies articularis calcanea anterior tali, facies articularis calcanea media tali, and facies articularis calcanea posterior tali. Synonym: facies articularis calcanea tali. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malleolar | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the malleolus; in the region of the malleoli of the ankle joint. See: Malleolus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| malleolar articular surface of fibula | The surface on the medial aspect of the lateral malleolus that articulates with the talus. Synonym: facies articularis malleoli fibulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malleolar articular surface of tibia | The articular facet on the lateral surface of the medial malleolus for articulation with the side of the talus; it is continuous with the inferior articular surface of the tibia. Synonym: facies articularis malleoli tibiae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malleolar sulcus | A broad groove on the posterior surface of the medial malleolus, through which the tendon of the tibialis posterior muscle runs. Synonym: sulcus malleolaris, malleolar sulcus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial malleolar arteries | Medial malleolar branches of posterior tibial artery. Synonym: rami malleolares mediales, arteriae malleolares posteriores mediales. (05 Mar 2000) |