| AD | accident dispensary; acetate dialysis; active disease; acute dermatomyositis; addict, addiction; ade... |
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| ad | add [Lat. adde] let there be added [up to a specified amount] [Lat. addetur]; axiodistal; right ear ... |
| AL | absolute latency; acinar lumen; acute leukemia; adaptation level; albumin; alcoholism [and other dru... |
| al | left ear [Lat. auris laeva] |
| AS | acetylstrophanthidin; acidified serum; acoustic schwannoma; acoustic stimulation; active sarcoidosis... |
| auris externa | Which includes the auricle and the external acoustic, or auditory, meatus; the middle ear or the tympanic cavity with its ossicles; and the internal ear or inner ear, or labyrinth, which includes the saemicircular canals, vestibule, and cochlea. See: auricle. Synonym: auris. Origin: A.S. Eare (05 Mar 2000) |
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| auris media | auris media |
| columella auris | The middle ear ossicle of amphibians, reptiles, and birds; homologous with the stapes of mammals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisura anterior auris | A notch between the supratragic tubercle and the crus of the helix. Synonym: incisura anterior auris, anterior auricular groove, auricular notch, sulcus auriculae anterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisura terminalis auris | A deep notch separating the lamina tragi and cartilage of the external auditory meatus from the main auricular cartilage, the two being connected below by the isthmus. Synonym: incisura terminalis auris, auricular notch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| isthmus cartilaginis auris | A narrow bridge connecting the cartilage of the external acoustic meatus and the lamina of the tragus with the main portion of the cartilage of the auricle. Synonym: isthmus cartilaginis auris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fistula auris congenita | A congenital fistula resulting from a defect in the formation of the auricle of the ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fossa navicularis auris | Outmoded term for scapha. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria auditiva interna | <anatomy, artery> Internal acoustic meatal branch. A branch of the basilar artery that enters the labyrinth through the internal acoustic meatus. Synonym: arteria labyrinthi, ramus meatus acustici interni, arteria auditiva interna, artery of labyrinth, internal auditory artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria carotis interna | <anatomy, artery> Arises from the common carotid opposite upper border of thyroid cartilage (C-4 vertebral level) and terminates in the middle cranial fossa by dividing into the anterior and middle cerebral arteries; for descriptive purposes it is divided into four parts: cervical, petrous, cavernous, and cerebral. Synonym: arteria carotis interna. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria iliaca interna | <anatomy, artery> Origin, common iliac; branches, iliolumbar, lateral sacral, obturator, superior gluteal, inferior gluteal, umbilical, superior vesical, inferior vesical, middle rectal, and internal pudendal. Synonym: arteria iliaca interna, arteria hypogastrica, hypogastric artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria mammaria interna | <anatomy, artery> Origin, subclavian; branches, pericardiacophrenic, anterior intercostal, sternal, mediastinal, thymic, bronchial, muscular, and perforating branches, and bifurcates into the musculophrenic and superior epigastric. Synonym: arteria thoracica interna, arteria mammaria interna, internal mammary artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria pudenda interna | <anatomy, artery> Origin, internal iliac; branches, inferior rectal, perineal, posterior scrotal (or labial), urethral, artery of bulb of penis (or of vestibule), deep artery of penis (or clitoris), dorsal artery of penis (or clitoris). Synonym: arteria pudenda interna. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria spermatica interna | <anatomy, artery> Origin, aorta; branches, ureteral, cremasteric, epididymal; distribution, testicle and parts designated by names of branches; anastomoses, branches of renal, inferior epigastric, deferential. Synonym: arteria testicularis, arteria spermatica interna, internal spermatic artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria thoracica interna | <anatomy, artery> Origin, subclavian; branches, pericardiacophrenic, anterior intercostal, sternal, mediastinal, thymic, bronchial, muscular, and perforating branches, and bifurcates into the musculophrenic and superior epigastric. Synonym: arteria thoracica interna, arteria mammaria interna, internal mammary artery. (05 Mar 2000) |