| MPLM | Myenteric plexus-longitudinal muscle |
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| NCPB | Neurolytic celiac plexus block |
| DMP | deep muscular plexus |
| arteria maxillaris externa | <anatomy, artery> Origin, external carotid; branches, ascending palatine, tonsillar and glandular branches, submental, inferior labial, superior labial, masseteric, buccal, lateral nasal branches, and angular. Synonym: arteria facialis, arteria maxillaris externa, external maxillary artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| rami alveolares superiores posteriores nervi maxillaris | <anatomy, nerve> The branches of the superior alveolar nerves that supply the maxillary sinus and the molar tooth. Synonym: rami alveolares superiores posteriores nervi maxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rami ganglionici nervi maxillaris | <anatomy, nerve> The ganglionic branches, two short sensory branches of the maxillary nerve in the pterygopalatine fossa, the fibres of which pass through the pterygopalatine ganglion without synapse. Synonym: radix sensoria ganglii pterygopalatini, rami ganglionici nervi maxillaris, rami ganglionares, nervi pterygopalatini, nervi sphenopalatini, pterygopalatine nerves, sensory root of pterygopalatine ganglion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rami pterygoidei arteriae maxillaris | <anatomy, artery> Pterygoid branches of middle meningeal artery. Synonym: rami pterygoidei arteriae maxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus meningeus medius nervi maxillaris | <anatomy, nerve> Recurrent branch of maxillary nerve distributed with the anterior branch of the middle meningeal arteyr to the meninges of the anterior portion of the middle cranial fossa. Synonym: ramus meningeus medius nervi maxillaris, middle meningeal nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena maxillaris | <anatomy, vein> The posterior continuation of the pterygoid plexus; it joins the superficial temporal vein to form the retromandibular vein. Synonym: vena maxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| processus maxillaris | A thin plate of irregular form projecting from the middle of the upper border of the inferior concha, articulating with the maxilla bone and partly closing the orifice of the maxillary sinus. Synonym: processus maxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hiatus maxillaris | The large opening into the maxillary sinus on the nasal surface of the maxilla. Synonym: hiatus maxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sinus maxillaris | A air filled cavity within the maxilla (bone that forms the face and upper jaw). The maxillary sinus is located just below the bony prominence of the cheek (27 Sep 1997) |
| nervus maxillaris | <anatomy, nerve> The intermediate sensory division of the trigeminal (5th cranial) nerve. The maxillary nerve carries general afferents from the intermediate region of the face including the lower eyelid, nose and upper lip, the maxillary teeth, and parts of the dura. (12 Dec 1998) |
| facies maxillaris alae majoris | maxillary surface of greater wing of sphenoid bone |
| facies maxillaris ossis palatini | The part of the anterior surface of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone that is perforated by the foramen rotundum and forms the posterior boundary of the pterygopalatine fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abdominal aortic plexus | <anatomy, neurology> An autonomic plexus surrounding the abdominal aorta, directly continuous with the thoracic aortic plexus above and continued inferior to the bifurcation of the aorta as the superior hypogastric plexus. Synonym: plexus aorticus abdominalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acromial plexus | A vascular network between the acromion and the skin of the shoulder, formed by anastomoses of the acromial branch of the suprascapular artery with the acromial branch of the thoracoacromial artery. Synonym: rete acromiale, acromial plexus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| annular plexus | A nerve plexus near the corneoscleral junction from which myelinated and unmyelinated nerves pass to the cornea. Synonym: plexus annularis. (05 Mar 2000) |