| RPO | Right Posterior Oblique view |
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| SA node | Sino-Atrial node; 동방결절(洞房結節) = SAN RA의 posterior wall에 위치... |
| AOPW, AoPW | aortic posterior wall |
| A&P | anterior and posterior; assessment and plans; auscultation and percussion |
| APDER | anterior-posterior dual energy radiography |
| posterior branches | Branches directed dorsally or backward. Synonym: rami posteriores. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| posterior branch of great auricular nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Provides general sensory fibres to skin of posterior auricle and over mastoid process. Synonym: ramus posterior nervi auricularis magni. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior branch of inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery | <anatomy, artery> The more dorsal of the two branches into which the inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery bifurcates; supplies uncinate process and head of pancreas, as well as the third and fourth parts of the duodenum; anastomoses with the posterior branch of the superior pancreaticuduodenal artery. Synonym: ramus posterior arteriae pancreaticoduodenalis inferioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior branch of lateral cerebral sulcus | The long, posteriorly-directed continuation of the lateral cerebral sulcus which extends between the temporal lobe inferiorly and the parietal lobe superiorly, its termination surrounded by the supramarginal gyrus. Synonym: ramus posterior sulci lateralis cerebri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior branch of obturator artery | <anatomy, artery> Branch of obturator artery giving rise to acetabular branch and supplying muscles attached to ischium. Synonym: ramus posterior arteriae obturatoriae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior branch of obturator nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Branch supplying obturator externus muscle, then passing posterior to adductor brevis, supplying it and the adductor portion of the adductor magnus muscle. Synonym: ramus posterior nervi obturatorii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior branch of recurrent ulnar artery | <anatomy, artery> Contributes to blood supply of flexor carpi ulnaris and to articular network of elbow. Synonym: ramus posterior arteriae recurrentis ulnaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior branch of renal artery | <anatomy, artery> Terminal branch of renal artery (with anterior branch) becoming the posterior segmental artery of kidney. Synonym: ramus posterior arteriae renalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior branch of right branch of portal vein | <anatomy, vein> Posterior segmental branch of portal vein; branch to posterior segments of right lobe of liver. Synonym: ramus posterior rami dextri venae portae hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior branch of right hepatic duct | Hepatic duct branch draining bile from posterior segments of right lobe of liver. Synonym: ramus posterior ductus hepatici dextri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior branch of right superior pulmonary vein | <anatomy, vein> Drains posterior portion of superior lobe of right lung. Synonym: ramus posterior venae pulmonalis dextrae superioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior branch of spinal nerves | See: dorsal primary ramus of spinal nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior branch of superior thyroid artery | <anatomy, artery> Branch of superior thyroid artery which descends to supply the apical portion of the ipsilateral lobe of the thyroid, continuing along the posterior border of the gland to anastomose with the inferior thyroid artery. Synonym: ramus posterior arteriae thyroideae superioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior caecal artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, ileocolic artery; distribution, posterior region of caecum. Synonym: arteria caecalis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior canaliculus of chorda tympani | A canal leading from the facial canal to the tympanic cavity through which the chorda tympani nerve enters this cavity. Synonym: canaliculus chordae tympani, iter chordae posterius, small canal of chorda tympani. (05 Mar 2000) |