| NR | do not repeat [Lat. non repetatur]; nerve root; neural retina; neutral red; noise reduction; nonreac... |
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| NTD | neural tube defect; nitroblue tetrazolium dye; noise tone difference; 5'-nucleotidase |
| SDCN | N-syndectan, neural syndectan |
| SEGNE | secretory granules of neural and endocrine [cells] |
| Houston's folds | The three or four crescentic folds placed horizontally in the rectal mucous membrane; the superior rectal fold is situated near the beginning of the rectum on the left side; the middle rectal fold (Nelaton's fold) is most prominent and consistent and projects from the right side about 8 cm above the anus (approximately the level of the floor of the rectouterine or rectovesical pouch); the inferior rectal fold is on the left side about 5 cm above the anus. Synonym: plicae transversales recti, Houston's folds, Houston's valves, Kohlrausch's valves, plicae recti, rectal folds, rectal valves. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Duncan's folds | The fold's on the peritoneal surface of the uterus immediately after delivery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interdigital folds | One of the folds of skin, or rudimentary web, between the fingers and toes. Synonym: interdigital folds, plica interdigitalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thickened duodenal folds | <radiology> Inflammatory, peptic ulcer (most common cause), Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, pancreatitis, cholecystitis, Crohn disease, infection (TB, parasites, cryptosporidia in AIDS), neoplastic, lymphoma, infiltrative, Whipple disease, amyloidosis, eosinophilic enteritis, vascular, intramural haematoma, ischemia, oedema, hypoproteinaemia, portal hypertension, congestive heart failure (12 Dec 1998) |
| thickened gastric folds | <radiology> Hyperacidic state, peptic ulcer disease, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, hypoproteinaemia, lymphoma, pseudolymphoma, eosinophilic gastroenteritis, varices, Menetrier disease, inflammatory bowel disease (UC and Crohn), TB, syphilis (12 Dec 1998) |
| thick small bowel folds | <radiology> Haemorrhage, oedema, ischemia, sprue, malabsorption, hypoproteinaemia, Whipple disease, amyloidosis, Henoch-Schonlein syndrome, abetalipoproteinaemia, Crohn disease (12 Dec 1998) |
| transverse rectal folds | The three or four crescentic folds placed horizontally in the rectal mucous membrane; the superior rectal fold is situated near the beginning of the rectum on the left side; the middle rectal fold (Nelaton's fold) is most prominent and consistent and projects from the right side about 8 cm above the anus (approximately the level of the floor of the rectouterine or rectovesical pouch); the inferior rectal fold is on the left side about 5 cm above the anus. Synonym: plicae transversales recti, Houston's folds, Houston's valves, Kohlrausch's valves, plicae recti, rectal folds, rectal valves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epiglottic folds | One of the three folds of mucous membrane passing between the tongue and the epiglottis, lateral glossoepiglottic fold on either side, and median glossoepiglottic fold centrally. Synonym: plicae epiglottica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tubal folds of uterine tubes | Many longitudinal folds in the mucous membrane of the uterine (fallopian) tube. Synonym: plicae tubariae tubae uterinae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kerckring's folds | The numerous folds of the mucous membrane of the small intestine, running transversely for about two-thirds of the circumference of the gut. Synonym: circular folds, Kerckring's folds, Kerckring's valves, valvulae conniventes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| labioscrotal folds | Lateral fold's at either side of the embryonic cloacal membrane that develop into either the scrotum or the labia majora. (05 Mar 2000) |
| folds of iris | Numerous very fine, almost microscopic, radial folds on the posterior surface of the iris that extend around the pupillary margin. Synonym: plicae iridis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral folds | Ventral foldings of the lateral margins of the embryonic disk, the development of which establishes the definitive embryonic body form. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alar lamina of neural tube | The dorsal division of the lateral walls of the neural tube in the embryo; it gives rise to neurons relaying afferent impulses to higher centres; in the adult such neurons compose the sensory nuclei of the spinal cord and brainstem. Synonym: lamina alaris, alar plate of neural tube, dorsolateral plate of neural tube, lamina dorsalis, wing plate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alar plate of neural tube | The dorsal division of the lateral walls of the neural tube in the embryo; it gives rise to neurons relaying afferent impulses to higher centres; in the adult such neurons compose the sensory nuclei of the spinal cord and brainstem. Synonym: lamina alaris, alar plate of neural tube, dorsolateral plate of neural tube, lamina dorsalis, wing plate. (05 Mar 2000) |