| SSD | shaded surface display; single saturating dose; Social Security disability; source-skin distance; so... |
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| BAP | bacterial alkaline phosphatase; Behavior Activity Profile; beta-amyloid peptide; blood-agar plate; b... |
| DCP | dicalcium phosphate; Diploma in Clinical Pathology; Diploma in Clinical Psychology; District Communi... |
| EHPT | Eddy hot plate test |
| EPC | end-plate current; epilepsia partialis continua; external pneumatic compression |
| medial surface of cerebral hemisphere | It faces, above as well as anterior and posterior to the corpus callosum, the falx cerebri; below it are the mesencephalon and the dura-covered medial wall of the middle cranial fossa. Synonym: facies medialis cerebri, medial cerebral surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| medial surface of fibula | medial surface of fibula |
| medial surface of lung | It consists of a vertebral part and a mediastinal part. See: mediastinal surface of lung. Synonym: facies medialis pulmonis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial surface of ovary | The surface of the ovary that faces the pelvic cavity. Synonym: facies medialis ovarii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial surface of testis | medial surface of testis |
| 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 |
| anterior palatine arch | One of a pair of ridges or folds of mucous membrane passing from the soft palate to the side of the tongue; it encloses the palatoglossus muscle and forms anterior margin of the tonsillar fossa. Also demarcates oral cavity from isthmus of fauces. Synonym: arcus palatoglossus, anterior palatine arch, anterior pillar of fauces, arcus glossopalatinus, glossopalatine arch, glossopalatine fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior palatine foramen | An opening in the posterolateral corner of the hard palate opposite the last molar tooth, marking the lower end of the pterygopalatine canal. Synonym: foramen palatinum majus, anterior palatine foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ascending palatine artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, facial; distribution, lateral walls of pharynx, tonsils, auditory tubes, and soft palate; anastomoses, tonsillar branch of facial, dorsal lingual, and descending palatine. Synonym: arteria palatina ascendens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canals for lesser palatine nerves | Canalis's located in the posterior part of the palatine bone. Synonym: canales palatini minores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatine | 1. One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count. 2. The Palatine hill in Rome. <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the palate. <anatomy> Palatine bones, a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries. Origin: From Palate. <anatomy> A palatine bone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palatine aponeurosis | The expanded tendons of the tensor veli palatini muscles in the anterior two-thirds of the soft palate to which the other palatine muscles attach. Synonym: aponeurosis palatina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatine bone | An irregularly shaped bone posterior to the maxilla, which enters into the formation of the nasal cavity, the orbit, and the hard palate; it articulates with the maxilla, inferior nasal concha, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones, the vomer and its fellow of the opposite side. Synonym: os palatinum. (05 Mar 2000) |