| PICA | percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; Porch Index of Communicative Abilities; posterior in... |
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| PP | diphosphate group; emphysema [pink puffers]; near point of accommodation [Lat. punctum proximum]; pa... |
| PPA | palpation, percussion, auscultation; pepsin A; phenylpropanolamine; phenylpyruvic acid; Pittsburgh p... |
| Sp | the most posterior point on the posterior contour of the sella turcica; species; specific; specimen;... |
| AP | 1) Alkaline Phosphatase = ALP 2) Amyloid Plasm... |
| foramina of the venae minimae | <anatomy> A number of fossae in the wall of the right atrium, containing the openings of minute intramural veins. Synonym: foramina venarum minimarum cordis, foramina of the smallest veins of heart, Lannelongue's foramina, thebesian foramina, Vieussens' foramina. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| foramina palatina minora | Openings on the hard palate of palatine canals passing vertically through the tuberosity of the palatine bone and transmitting the smaller palatine nerves and vessels. Synonym: foramina palatina minora, posterior palatine foramina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramina papillaria renis | Numerous minute openings, the apertures of the papillary ducts converging on the apical pole of each renal papilla. Synonym: foramina papillaria renis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramina venarum minimarum cordis | <anatomy> A number of fossae in the wall of the right atrium, containing the openings of minute intramural veins. Synonym: foramina venarum minimarum cordis, foramina of the smallest veins of heart, Lannelongue's foramina, thebesian foramina, Vieussens' foramina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior palatine arch | One of a pair of ridges or folds of mucous membrane passing from the soft palate to the side of the tongue; it encloses the palatoglossus muscle and forms anterior margin of the tonsillar fossa. Also demarcates oral cavity from isthmus of fauces. Synonym: arcus palatoglossus, anterior palatine arch, anterior pillar of fauces, arcus glossopalatinus, glossopalatine arch, glossopalatine fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior palatine foramen | An opening in the posterolateral corner of the hard palate opposite the last molar tooth, marking the lower end of the pterygopalatine canal. Synonym: foramen palatinum majus, anterior palatine foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ascending palatine artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, facial; distribution, lateral walls of pharynx, tonsils, auditory tubes, and soft palate; anastomoses, tonsillar branch of facial, dorsal lingual, and descending palatine. Synonym: arteria palatina ascendens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canals for lesser palatine nerves | Canalis's located in the posterior part of the palatine bone. Synonym: canales palatini minores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatine | 1. One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count. 2. The Palatine hill in Rome. <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the palate. <anatomy> Palatine bones, a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries. Origin: From Palate. <anatomy> A palatine bone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palatine aponeurosis | The expanded tendons of the tensor veli palatini muscles in the anterior two-thirds of the soft palate to which the other palatine muscles attach. Synonym: aponeurosis palatina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatine bone | An irregularly shaped bone posterior to the maxilla, which enters into the formation of the nasal cavity, the orbit, and the hard palate; it articulates with the maxilla, inferior nasal concha, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones, the vomer and its fellow of the opposite side. Synonym: os palatinum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatine glands | A number of racemose mucous glands in the posterior half of the submucous tissue covering the hard palate. Synonym: glandulae palatinae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatine groove | One of a number of grooves on the lower surface of the palatine process of the maxilla in which the palatine vessels and nerves lie. Synonym: sulcus palatinus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatine papilla | A slight elevation of the mucosa at the anterior extremity of the raphe of the palate. Synonym: papilla incisiva, palatine papilla. Interdental papilla, the gingiva that fills the interproximal space between two adjacent teeth. Synonym: gingival septum, interproximal papilla. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatine process | In the embryo, medially directed shelves from the oral surface of the maxillae; they develop into the secondary palate after midline fusion. Synonym: processus palatinus. (05 Mar 2000) |