| CME | cervical mediastinal exploration; continuing medical education; Council on Medical Education; crude ... |
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| CMN | caudal mediastinal node; cystic medial necrosis |
| MD | Doctor of Medicine [Lat. Medicinae Doctor]; magnesium deficiency; main duct; maintenance dose; major... |
| MM | macromolecule; Maelzels metronome; major medical [insurance]; malignant melanoma; manubrium to malle... |
| MS | Maffuci syndrome; maladjustment score; mandibular series; Marfan syndrome; Marie-Strumpell [syndrome... |
| pleura visceralis | The layer investing the lungs and dipping into the fissures between the several lobes. Synonym: pleura pulmonalis, pleura visceralis, pulmonary pleura. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| costal pleura | The layer of parietal pleura lining the chest walls. Synonym: pleura costalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmonary pleura | The layer investing the lungs and dipping into the fissures between the several lobes. Synonym: pleura pulmonalis, pleura visceralis, pulmonary pleura. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmatic pleura | The layer of parietal pleura covering the upper surface of the diaphragm, except along its costal attachments and where it is covered with the pericardium. Synonym: pleura diaphragmatica, phrenic pleura, pleura phrenica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| angiofollicular mediastinal lymph node hyperplasia | Solitary masses of lymphoid tissue containing concentric perivascular aggregates of lymphocytes, occurring usually in the mediastinum or hilar region of young adults; similar changes have been reported outside the mediastinum and, if associated with interfollicular sheets of plasma cells, may progress to lymphoma or plasmacytoma. Synonym: angiofollicular mediastinal lymph node hyperplasia, Castleman's disease. (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 mediastinal lymph nodes | Located in the superior mediastinum in relation to the great vessels, these nodes receive lymph from the thymus, pericardium and right side of the heart; their efferent vessels join those of the tracheal nodes to form the bronchomediastinal trunks. Synonym: nodi lymphatici mediastinales anteriores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mediastinal | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to a mediastinum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mediastinal arteries | Branches distributed to the mediastinum. Synonym: rami mediastinales, arteriae mediastinales anteriores, mediastinal arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mediastinal branches | Branches distributed to the mediastinum. Synonym: rami mediastinales, arteriae mediastinales anteriores, mediastinal arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mediastinal branches of internal thoracic artery | <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) |
| mediastinal branches of thoracic aorta | Numerous small arteries supplying the pleura and lymph nodes of the posterior mediastinum. Synonym: rami mediastinales aortae thoracicae, posterior mediastinal arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mediastinal cyst | Cysts of one of the parts of the mediastinum: the superior part, containing the trachea, oesophagus, thoracic duct and thymus organs; the inferior middle part, containing the pericardium; the inferior anterior part containing some lymph nodes; and the inferior posterior part, containing the thoracic duct and oesophagus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mediastinal diseases | Disorders of the mediastinum, general or unspecified. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mediastinal emphysema | Presence of air in the mediastinal tissues due to leakage of air from the tracheobronchial tree, usually as a result of trauma. (12 Dec 1998) |