| plx | plexus |
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| SVP | selective vagotomy and pyloroplasty; small volume parenteral [infusion]; standing venous pressure; s... |
| LM-MP | Longitudinal muscle-myenteric plexus |
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| MPLM | Myenteric plexus-longitudinal muscle |
| NCPB | Neurolytic celiac plexus block |
| DMP | deep muscular plexus |
| musculus pterygoideus externus | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, inferior head from lateral lamina of pterygoid process; superior head from infratemporal crest and adjacent greater wing of the sphenoid; insertion, into pterygoid pit of mandible and articular disk; action, brings jaw forward, opens jaw; nerve supply, nerve to lateral pterygoid from mandibular division of trigeminal. Synonym: musculus pterygoideus lateralis, external pterygoid muscle, musculus pterygoideus externus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| musculus pterygoideus internus | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, pterygoid fossa of sphenoid and tuberosity of maxilla; insertion, medial surface of mandible between angle and mylohyoid groove; action, elevates mandible closing jaw; nerve supply, nerve to medial pterygoid from mandibular division of trigeminal. Synonym: musculus pterygoideus medialis, internal pterygoid muscle, musculus pterygoideus internus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus pterygoideus lateralis | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, inferior head from lateral lamina of pterygoid process; superior head from infratemporal crest and adjacent greater wing of the sphenoid; insertion, into pterygoid pit of mandible and articular disk; action, brings jaw forward, opens jaw; nerve supply, nerve to lateral pterygoid from mandibular division of trigeminal. Synonym: musculus pterygoideus lateralis, external pterygoid muscle, musculus pterygoideus externus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus pterygoideus medialis | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, pterygoid fossa of sphenoid and tuberosity of maxilla; insertion, medial surface of mandible between angle and mylohyoid groove; action, elevates mandible closing jaw; nerve supply, nerve to medial pterygoid from mandibular division of trigeminal. Synonym: musculus pterygoideus medialis, internal pterygoid muscle, musculus pterygoideus internus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hamulus pterygoideus | The inferior, hook-shaped extremity of the medial plate of the pterygoid process. Synonym: hamulus pterygoideus, hamular process of sphenoid bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| processus pterygoideus | A long process extending downward from the junction of the body and great wing of the sphenoid bone on either side; it is formed of two plates (lateral and medial), united anteriorly but separated below to form the pterygoid notch; the pterygoid fossa is formed by the divergence of these two plates posteriorly. Synonym: processus pterygoideus, os pterygoideum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nervus pterygoideus | <anatomy, nerve> One of two motor branches, lateral and medial, of the mandibular nerve, supplying the lateral and medial pterygoid muscles with fibres of the motor root of the trigeninal nerve. Synonym: nervus pterygoideus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arcus venosus dorsalis pedis | The arch in the subcutaneous tissue of the dorsum of the foot formed by the dorsal and digital veins; it unites medially with the dorsal vein of the great toe to form the great saphenous vein, and laterally with the dorsal vein of the little toe to form the small saphenous. Synonym: arcus venosus dorsalis pedis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arcus venosus juguli | A connecting vein between the two anterior jugular veins in the suprasternal space. Synonym: arcus venosus juguli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arcus venosus palmaris profundus | The venous arch that accompanies the deep palmar arterial arch it usually consists of paired venae comitantes. Synonym: arcus venosus palmaris profundus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arcus venosus palmaris superficialis | The venous arch accompanying the superficial palmar arterial arch it consists usually of paired venae comitantes and is drained by the superficial ulnar and radial veins. Synonym: arcus venosus palmaris superficialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arcus venosus plantaris | The arch formed by the plantar digital veins from the toes which accompanies the plantar arterial arch. Synonym: arcus venosus plantaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circellus venosus hypoglossi | A small venous network around the hypoglossal nerve, connecting with the occipital sinus, inferior petrosal sinus, and internal jugular vein. Synonym: plexus venosus canalis hypoglossi, circellus venosus hypoglossi, rete canalis hypoglossi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circulus venosus halleri | areolar venous plexus |
| circulus venosus ridleyi | Dural venous formation which surrounds the hypophysis, composed of right and left cavernous sinuses and the intercavernous sinuses. Synonym: circulus venosus ridleyi, Ridley's circle. A venous sinus at the periphery of the placenta. Synonym: sinus venosus sclerae. (05 Mar 2000) |