| MCCU | mobile coronary care unit |
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| MECTA | mobile electroconvulsive therapy apparatus |
| MICU | medical intensive care unit; mobile intensive care unit |
| MME | M-mode echocardiography; mobile medical equipment; mouse mammary epithelium |
| MMR | mass miniature radiography; masseter muscle rigidity; maternal mortality rate; measles-mumps-rubella... |
| radix nasi | The upper least protruding portion of the external nose situated between the two orbits. Synonym: radix nasi. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cartilagines nasi | See: lateral cartilage of nose, greater alar cartilage, nasal septal cartilage, cartilago vomeronasalis, lesser alar cartilages, accessory nasal cartilages. Synonym: cartilagines nasi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cartilago nasi lateralis | The cartilage located in the lateral wall of the nose above the alar cartilage. Synonym: cartilago nasi lateralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cartilago septi nasi | A thin cartilaginous plate located between vomer, perpendicular plate of the ethmoid, and nasal bones, and completing the nasal septum anteriorly. Synonym: cartilago septi nasi, cartilage of nasal septum, cartilaginous septum, pars cartilaginea septi nasi, quadrangular cartilage, septal cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pars cartilaginea septi nasi | A thin cartilaginous plate located between vomer, perpendicular plate of the ethmoid, and nasal bones, and completing the nasal septum anteriorly. Synonym: cartilago septi nasi, cartilage of nasal septum, cartilaginous septum, pars cartilaginea septi nasi, quadrangular cartilage, septal cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vestibulum nasi | The anterior part of the nasal cavity, especially that enclosed by cartilage. Synonym: vestibulum nasi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pars membranacea septi nasi | The small portion of the nasal septum anterior to the portion supported by the cartilage of the nasal septum. Synonym: pars membranacea septi nasi, membranous septum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pars mobilis septi nasi | The anterior movable part of the nasal septum formed by the medial crus of the greater alar cartilage on each side. Synonym: pars mobilis septi nasi, septum mobile nasi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pars ossea septi nasi | The major portion of the nasal septum supported by the vomer and the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid. Synonym: pars ossea septi nasi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| regio olfactoria tunicae mucosae nasi | The specialised olfactory receptive area that includes the upper one-third of the nasal septum and the lateral wall above the superior concha; it is lined with olfactory mucosa. Synonym: regio olfactoria tunicae mucosae nasi, olfactory region of tunica mucosa of nose, Schultze's membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| regio respiratoria tunicae mucosae nasi | The area commencing at the vestibule of the nose lined with respiratory mucosa; with the exception of the olfactory mucusa, it includes the entire nasal cavity. Synonym: regio respiratoria tunicae mucosae nasi, respiratory region of tunica mucosa of nose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavitas nasi | The proximal portion of the respiratory passages on either side of the nasal septum, lined with ciliated mucosa, extending from the nares to the pharynx. (12 Dec 1998) |
| meatus nasi | Any of three passages in the nasal cavity formed by the projection of the conchae: middle nasal meatus, lies below the inferior concha; middle nasal meatus, lies between the middle and inferior conchae; superior nasal meatus, lies between the superior and middle conchae. Synonym: meatus nasi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavum nasi | The proximal portion of the respiratory passages on either side of the nasal septum, lined with ciliated mucosa, extending from the nares to the pharynx. (12 Dec 1998) |
| granulosis rubra nasi | Erythema, papules, and occasional vesicles of the tip of the nose and extending upward and laterally to the cheeks, resulting from occlusion and chronic inflammation of sweat ducts. (05 Mar 2000) |