| SF | Sabin-Feldman [test]; safety factor; salt-free; scarlet fever; screen film; seminal fluid; serosal f... |
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| UFD | ultrasonic flow detector; unilateral facet dislocation |
| ESA | Electrolysis Society of America; endocardial surface area; epidermal surface antigen; esterase; este... |
| SA | salicylic acid; saline [solution]; salt added; sarcoidosis; sarcoma; scalenus anticus; secondary ame... |
| SSD | shaded surface display; single saturating dose; Social Security disability; source-skin distance; so... |
| medial surface of testis | medial surface of testis |
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| medial surface of tibia | medial surface of tibia |
| medial surface of toes | The medial surface of a toe. Synonym: facies medialis digiti pedis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial surface of ulna | medial surface of ulna |
| articular facet | A relatively small articular surface of a bone, especially a vertebra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clavicular facet | A hollow on either side of the upper surface of the manubrium sterni which articulates with the clavicle. Synonym: incisura clavicularis, clavicular facet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corneal facet | A corneal depression following loss of stroma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior articular facet of atlas | One of two concave articular surfaces on the superior aspect of the lateral masses of the atlas that articulate with the occipital condyles. Synonym: facies articularis superior atlantis, fovea articularis superior atlantis, superior articular pit of atlas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior costal facet | A demifacet on the upper edge of the body of a vertebra articulating with the head of a rib; a single rib articulates with the inferior costal facet and superior costal facet of the adjacent vertebrae. Synonym: fovea costalis superior, superior costal pit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inferior articular facet of atlas | One of two concave surfaces on the lateral masses of the atlas that articulate with corresponding surfaces on the axis. Synonym: facies articularis inferior atlantis, fovea articularis inferior atlantis, inferior articular pit of atlas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| 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) |