| MFCV | muscle fiber conduction velocity |
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| MFT | multifocal atrial tachycardia; muscle function test |
| MMP | matrix metalloproteinase; muscle mechanical power |
| MMR | mass miniature radiography; masseter muscle rigidity; maternal mortality rate; measles-mumps-rubella... |
| mm | st muscle strength |
| posterior auricular artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin: posterior aspect of external carotid just above the digastric muscle; course: ascends first between parotid gland and styloid process then between cartilage of auricle and the mastoid process; branches: muscular (digastric, stylohyoid and sternocleidomastoid), glandular (parotid), stylomastoid artery, occipital and auricular; anastomoses: anterior tympanic artery (via the stylomastoid artery) and occipital artery. Synonym: arteria auricularis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| posterior auricular groove | The sulcus between the antitragus and cauda helicis overlying the antitragicohelicine fissure. Synonym: sulcus auriculae posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior auricular nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The first extracranial branch of the facial nerve, it passes behind the ear, supplying the posterior auricular muscle and intrinsic muscles of the auricle and, through its occipital branch, innervating the occipital belly of the occipitofrontalis muscle. Synonym: nervus auricularis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior auricular plexus | An autonomic plexus on the artery of this name, derived from the external carotid plexus. Synonym: plexus auricularis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior auricular vein | <anatomy, vein> Drains the region posterior to the ear then merges with the retromandibular vein to form the external jugular vein. Synonym: vena auricularis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior axillary fold | Bounds axilla posteriorly; formed by skin and fascia overlying latissimus dorsi and teres major muscles and tendons of insertion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior axillary line | A vertical line extending inferiorly from the posterior axillary fold. Synonym: linea axillaris posterior, linea postaxillaris, postaxillary line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior basal branch | Posterior basal branch of the basal part of the inferior lobar branch of the left and right pulmonary arteries. Synonym: ramus basalis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior basal segment | Posterior basal segment of inferior lobe of right and left lungs; lies adjacent to vertebral column below superior segment. Synonym: segmentum basale posterius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior border of eyelids | The posterior edge of the free margin of each eyelid, which is also the border of the conjunctiva. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior border of fibula | The ridge on the posterior aspect of the fibula extending from the head to the medial aspect of the peroneal groove. Synonym: margo posterior fibulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior border of petrous part of temporal bone | The margin of the petrous part of the temporal bone that extends from the apex to the jugular notch; it articulates with the basal and jugular portions of the occipital bone. Synonym: margo posterior partis petrosae ossis temporalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior border of radius | The ridge on the radius that extends from the tuberosity to the tubercle on the posterior aspect of the distal extremity. Synonym: margo posterior radii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior border of testis | The rounded posterior portion of the testis into which the vessels enter. Synonym: margo posterior testis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior border of ulna | The sinuous palpable subcutaneous ridge on the posterior aspect of the ulna that extends from near the olecranon to the styloid process, demarcating "anterior" (flexor) from "posterior" (extensor) compartments of forearm. Synonym: margo posterior ulnae. (05 Mar 2000) |