| PF | pair feeding; peak flow; perfusion fluid; pericardial fluid; periosteal fibroblast; peritoneal fluid... |
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| PL | palmaris longus; pancreatic lipase; perception of light; peroneus longus; phospholipase; phospholipi... |
| PPES | palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia syndrome |
| PW | peristaltic wave; plantar wart; posterior wall [of the heart]; pressure wave; psychological warfare;... |
| tarsal cyst | Also called a Meibomian cyst or a chalazian. A tarsal cyst is an inflammation of the oil gland of the eyelid. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| tarsal fold | The fold marking the attachment of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle into the skin of the upper eyelid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tarsal glands | Sebaceous glands embedded in the tarsal plate of each eyelid, discharging at the edge of the lid near the posterior border. Their secretions create a lipid barrier along the margin of the eyelids which contains the normal secretions in the conjunctival sac by preventing the watery fluid from spilling over the barrier when the eye is open. Synonym: glandulae tarsales, meibomian glands, palpebral glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tarsal joints | The synovial joints which unite the tarsal bones. Synonym: articulationes intertarseae, intertarsal articulations, tarsal joints. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tarsal plates | See: superior tarsus, inferior tarsus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tarsal tunnel syndrome | <syndrome> Compression of the posterior tibial nerve caused by thickening of the laciniate ligament or by gouty or arthritic deposits around the ankle joint leading to symptoms of pain or paresthesia over the sole of the foot. (12 Dec 1998) |
| transverse tarsal articulation | The synovial joints between the talus and navicular bone medially and the calcaneus and navicular bones laterally which act as a unit in allowing the front of the foot to pivot relative to the back of the foot about the longitudinal axis of the foot, contributing to the total inversion and eversion movements. Synonym: articulatio tarsi transversa, Chopart's joint, midtarsal joint, transverse tarsal articulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transverse tarsal joint | The synovial joints between the talus and navicular bone medially and the calcaneus and navicular bones laterally which act as a unit in allowing the front of the foot to pivot relative to the back of the foot about the longitudinal axis of the foot, contributing to the total inversion and eversion movements. Synonym: articulatio tarsi transversa, Chopart's joint, midtarsal joint, transverse tarsal articulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral tarsal artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, dorsalis pedis; distribution, tarsal joints and extensor digitorum brevis muscle; anastomoses, arcuate, peroneal, lateral plantar, anterior lateral malleolar. Synonym: arteria tarsea lateralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial plantar artery | <anatomy, artery> One of the terminal branches of the posterior tibial; distribution, medial side of the sole of the foot; anastomoses, dorsalis pedis, lateral plantar. Synonym: arteria plantaris medialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial plantar nerve | <anatomy, nerve> One of the two terminal branches of the tibial nerve; it courses along the medial aspect of the sole to supply the abductor hallucis and flexor digitorum brevis and, by way of common and proper digital branches, to innervate the skin of the medial part of the foot and medial three and one-half toes. Synonym: nervus plantaris medialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perforating branches of plantar metatarsal arteries | The perforating branches of the plantar metatarsal arteries, three small arteries that pass dorsally through the second, third, and fourth interosseous spaces of the foot from the plantar metatarsal arteries. Synonym: ramus perforantes arteriarum metatarsearum plantarium, perforating arteries of foot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| common plantar digital artery | <anatomy, artery> One of four arteries arising from a superficial plantar arch, when present as a variation. They unite with the plantar metatarsal arteries. Synonym: arteria digitalis plantaris communis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| common plantar digital nerves | Three nerves derived from the medial plantar and one from the lateral plantar that supply the skin overlying the metatarsals and terminate as proper plantar digital nerves to the side of each toe. Synonym: nervi digitales plantares communes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plantar | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the sole of the foot; as, the plantar arteries. Origin: L. Plantaris, fr. Planta the sole of the foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |