| nasomental reflex |
contraction of the mentalis muscle on tapping the side of the nose with a percussion hammer.
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| nasoalveolar cyst |
nasolabial cyst, an inclusion cyst arising from epithelial remnants at the junction of the globular, lateral nasal, and maxillary processes, which clinically may cause a swelling in the mucolabial fold and in the floor of the nose and superficial erosion of the outer surface of the maxilla.
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| nasolabial reflex |
sudden retroversion of the head, stretching of the back, retroversion of the arms at the shoulder, extension and pronation of the forearms, and extension and adduction of the legs, elicited by a slight vertical sweeping motion touching the tip of the nose; it frequently occurs in healthy infants, and disappears around the fifth month of age.
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| nasopharyngeal diphtheria |
diphtheria that has spread to the nasopharynx.
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| nasopharynx |
The pharynx is the part of the digestive system of many animals immediately behind the mouth and in front of the esophagus. In mammals, it is where the digestive tract and the respiratory tract cross, commonly called the "throat" (which term may also include the larynx) The pharynx attaches to the larynx, which is the first element of the airways. ...
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