| calcaneal gait | A gait disturbance, characterised by walking on heel, due to paralysis of the calf muscles, seen following poliomyelitis and in some other neurologic diseases. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| calcaneal petechiae | Traumatic haemorrhage into the stratum corneum of the heel which may persist for several weeks as centrally confluent black dots. Synonym: black heel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcaneal process of cuboid bone | The process projecting posteriorly from the plantar surface of the cuboid; it supports the anterior end of the calcaneus. Synonym: processus calcaneus ossis cuboidei. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcaneal region | The region of the heel. Synonym: regio calcanea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcaneal spur | <orthopaedics> A heel spur, bony growth off of the calcaneous often resulting in recurrent heel pain. (07 Nov 1997) |
| calcaneal sulcus | The groove on the upper part of the calcaneus, which with a corresponding groove on the talus forms the sinus tarsi. Synonym: sulcus calcanei, calcaneal sulcus, interosseous groove. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcaneal tuber | The posterior extremity of the calcaneus, or os calcis, forming the projection of the heel. Synonym: tuber calcanei, calcaneal tuber, tuber calcis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcaneal tubercle | The projection, often double, on the inferior aspect of the calcaneus at the anterior end of the area for attachment of the long plantar ligament. Synonym: tuberculum calcanei. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcaneal tuberosity | The posterior extremity of the calcaneus, or os calcis, forming the projection of the heel. Synonym: tuber calcanei, calcaneal tuber, tuber calcis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subcutaneous calcaneal bursa | <anatomy> A bursa between the skin and the posterior surface of the calcaneus. Synonym: bursa subcutanea calcanea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral process of calcaneal tuberosity | The lateral projection from the posterior part of the calcaneus. Synonym: processus lateralis tuberis calcanei. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior auricular branches of superficial temporal artery | <anatomy, artery> Distribution, auricle, earlobe and external acoustic meatus. Synonym: rami auriculares anteriores arteriae temporalis superficialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior cutaneous branches of intercostal nerves | Medial mammary branches of anterior cutaneous branches of ventral primary rami of thoracic spinal nerves. See: medial mammary branches. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior intercostal branches of internal thoracic artery | 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 superior alveolar branches of infraorbital nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The branches of the superior alveolar nerve that supply the incisors, canines, premolars, and first molar by their contributions to the superior dental plexus. Synonym: rami alveolares superiores anteriores nervi infraorbitalis. (05 Mar 2000) |