| ALH | angiolymphoid hyperplasia; anterior lobe hormone; anterior lobe of hypophysis |
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| APL | abductor pollicis longus; accelerated painless labor; acute promyelocytic leukemia; animal placenta ... |
| CA | anterior commissure [Lat. commissura anterior]; calcium antagonist; California [rabbit]; cancer; Can... |
| LADA | laboratory animal dander allergy; left acromio-dorso-anterior [position]; left anterior descending a... |
| OA | obstructive apnea; occipital artery; occipito-anterior; occiput anterior; octanoic acid; ocular albi... |
| paries posterior gastris | That part of the gastric wall that faces the omental bursa. Synonym: paries posterior gastris. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| paries superior orbitae | Formed by the orbital plate of the frontal bone and the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone, the optic canal opens at its posterior limit; an indentation, the fossa for the lacrimal gland, is located in the anterolateral part of the roof. Synonym: paries superior orbitae, superior wall of orbit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paries tegmentalis cavi tympani | The superior wall, or roof, of the tympanic cavity, formed by the tegmen tympani of the temporal bone. Synonym: paries tegmentalis cavi tympani, tegmental wall of middle ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paries tympanicus ductus cochlearis | The wall that separates the cochlear duct from the scala tympani; it consists of the osseous spiral lamina and the basilar membrane. Synonym: paries tympanicus ductus cochlearis, membrana spiralis, spiral membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paries vestibularis ductus cochlearis | The membrane separating the cochlear duct from the vestibular canal; it consists of squamous epithelial cells with microvilli toward the ductus, a basement membrane, and a thin layer of connective tissue toward the scala. Synonym: membrana vestibularis, paries vestibularis ductus cochlearis, Reissner's membrane, vestibular wall of cochlear duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria bulbi vaginae | An alternate term for artery of bulb of vestibule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bulbus vestibuli vaginae | A mass of erectile tissue on either side of the vagina united anterior to the urethra by the commissura bulborum. Synonym: bulbus vestibuli vaginae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carina urethralis vaginae | The lower part of the anterior column of the vagina, in relation with the urethra. Synonym: carina urethralis vaginae, carina vaginae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carina vaginae | The lower part of the anterior column of the vagina, in relation with the urethra. Synonym: carina urethralis vaginae, carina vaginae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginae fibrosae digitorum manus | Fibrous sheaths of the digits of the hand, the tubular fibrous layers that enclose the synovial sheaths and the superficial and deep flexor tendons and the tendon of the flexor pollicis longus in their passage along their respective digits; they are composed of annular and cruciform parts. Synonym: vaginae fibrosae digitorum manus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginae fibrosae digitorum pedis | Fibrous sheaths of the toes, the tubular fibrous layer enclosing the synovial sheath and the tendons of the long and short flexors of the toes and the flexor hallucis longus in the digits; they are composed of annular and cruciform parts. Synonym: vaginae fibrosae digitorum pedis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginae nervi optici | Sheaths of the optic nerve, formed by extensions of the central meninges. See: internal sheath of optic nerve, external sheath of optic nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginae synoviales digitorum manus | The synovial sheaths that enclose the flexor tendons of the fingers and line the inside of the fibrous tendon sheaths. Synonym: vaginae synoviales digitorum manus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginae synoviales digitorum pedis | Similar in structure to the corresponding sheaths of the hand. Synonym: vaginae synoviales digitorum pedis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginae vasorum | Fibrous envelopes ensheathing the arteries with their accompanying veins and sometimes nerves as well. Synonym: sheaths of vessels, vaginae vasorum. (05 Mar 2000) |