| SHORT, S-H-O-R-T | short stature, hyperextensibility of joints or hernia or both, ocular depression, Rieger anomaly, te... |
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| short-FRAME | short stature-facial anomalies-Rieger anomaly-midline anomalies-enamel defects [syndrome] |
| SS | disulfide; sacrosciatic; saline soak; saline solution; saliva sample; saliva substitute; Salmonella-... |
| P | 1) Phosphorous 2) Pulse; 맥박 |
| PR | 1) Pulmonary Regurgitation = PI 2) Partial Res... |
| short-circuit | <physics> A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity. <physics> To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance. Origin: Short-circuited; Short-circuiting. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| short crus of incus | The short crus of incus; the process of the incus that fits into a depression (fossa incudis) in the epitympanic recess. Synonym: crus breve incudis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short-day plant | A plant requiring less than 12 hours of daylight in order for flowering to occur. (09 Oct 1997) |
| short extensor muscle of great toe | <anatomy, muscle> The medial belly of extensor digitorum brevis musculus, the tendon of which is inserted into the base of the proximal phalanx of the great toe. Synonym: musculus extensor hallucis brevis, short extensor muscle of great toe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short extensor muscle of thumb | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, dorsal surface of radius; insertion, base of proximal phalanx of thumb; action, extends and abducts the thumb; nerve supply, radial. Synonym: musculus extensor pollicis brevis, musculus extensor brevis pollicis, short extensor muscle of thumb. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short extensor muscle of toes | 1. <anatomy, muscle> (foot) Origin, dorsal surface of calcaneus; insertion, by four tendons fusing with those of the extensor digitorum longus, and by a slip attached independently to the base of the proximal phalanx of the great toe; action, extends toes; nerve supply, deep peroneal. Synonym: musculus extensor digitorum brevis, musculus extensor brevis digitorum, short extensor muscle of toes. 2. (hand) A short extensor muscle of the fingers of rare occurrence, and comparable to the short extensor of the toes. Synonym: musculus extensor digitorum brevis manus, Pozzi's muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short fibular muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, lower two-thirds of lateral surface of fibula; insertion, base of fifth metatarsal bone; action, everts foot; nerve supply, superficial peroneal. Synonym: musculus fibularis brevis, musculus peroneus brevis, short fibular muscle, short peroneal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short flexor muscle of great toe | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, medial surface of cuboid and middle and lateral cuneiform bones; insertion, by two tendons, embracing that of the flexor longus hallucis, into the sides of the base of the proximal phalanx of the great toe; action, flexes great toe; nerve supply, medial and lateral plantar. Synonym: musculus flexor hallucis brevis, musculus flexor brevis hallucis, short flexor muscle of great toe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short flexor muscle of little finger | Origin, hamulus of hamate bone; insertion, medial side of proximal phalanx of little finger; action, flexes proximal phalanx of little finger; nerve supply, ulnar. Synonym: musculus flexor digiti minimi brevis manus, short flexor muscle of little finger. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short flexor muscle of little toe | Origin, base of metatarsal bone of the little toe and sheath of musculus peroneus longus; insertion, lateral surface of base of proximal phalanx of little toe; action, flexes the proximal phalanx of the little toe; nerve supply, lateral plantar. Synonym: musculus flexor digiti minimi brevis pedis, short flexor muscle of little toe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short flexor muscle of thumb | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, superficial portion from flexor retinaculum of wrist, deep portion from ulnar side of first metacarpal bone; insertion, base of proximal phalanx of thumb; action, flexes proximal phalanx of thumb; nerve supply, median (superficial head) and deep branch of ulnar (deep head). Some authors consider the deep head to be the first in a series of four palmar interossei muscles of the hand. Synonym: musculus flexor pollicis brevis, short flexor muscle of thumb. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short flexor muscle of toes | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, medial tubercle of calcaneus and central portion of plantar fascia; insertion, middle phalanges of four lateral toes by tendons perforated by those of the flexor longus; action, flexes lateral four toes; nerve supply, medial plantar. Synonym: musculus flexor digitorum brevis, musculus flexor brevis digitorum, short flexor muscle of toes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short gastric arteries | Four or five small arteries given off from the splenic, passing via the gastrosplenic ligament to the fundus of the stomach along the greater curvature, and anastomosing with the other arteries in that region. Synonym: arteriae gastricae breves, vasa brevia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short gastric veins | Small vessels that drain the fundus and left portion of the stomach wall and empty into the splenic vein. Synonym: venae gastricae breves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short gyri of insula | Several short, radiating gyri converging toward the base of the insula, composing the anterior two-thirds of the insular cortex. Synonym: gyri breves insulae. (05 Mar 2000) |