| ABCIC | airway, breathing, circulation, intravenous crystalloid |
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| ADCC | acute disorder of cerebral circulation; antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity |
| circ | & sens circulation and sensation |
| CMS | children's medical services; Christian Medical Society; chronic myelodysplastic syndrome; chromosome... |
| CMSS | circulation, motor ability, sensation, and swelling; Council of Medical Specialty Societies |
| collateral trigone | A triangular prominence of the floor of the lateral ventricle at the transition between occipital and temporal horn, continuous rostrally with the collateral eminence and, like the latter, caused by the deep penetration of the collateral sulcus from the ventral surface of the temporal lobe. Synonym: trigonum collaterale, trigone of lateral ventricle, trigonum ventriculi, ventricular trigone. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| collateral vessel | A branch of an artery running parallel with the parent trunk, a vessel that runs in parallel with another vessel, nerve, or other long structure. Synonym: vas collaterale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| placental circulation | The circulation of blood through the placenta during intrauterine life, serving the needs of the foetus for aeration, absorption, and excretion; also, maternal circulation through the intervillous space of the placenta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compensatory circulation | Circulation established in dilated collateral vessels when the main vessel of the part is obstructed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coronary circulation | The circulation of blood through the coronary vessels of the heart. (12 Dec 1998) |
| portal circulation | Circulation of blood to the liver from the small intestine, the right half of the colon, and the spleen via the portal vein; sometimes specified as the hepatic portal circulation, more generally, any part of the systemic circulation in which blood draining from the capillary bed of one structure flows through a larger vessel(s) to supply the capillary bed of another structure before returning to the heart; e.g., the hypothalamohypophyseal portal system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| portal hypophysial circulation | A capillary network that carries hypophyseotropic hormones from the hypothalamus, where they are secreted into blood, to their sites of action in the anterior hypophysis. See: portal circulation, hypophysis, hypothalamus. Synonym: hypophyseoportal system, hypophysial portal circulation, hypophysial portal system, hypophysioportal system, hypothalamohypophysial portal circulation, hypothalamohypophysial portal system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cross circulation | The circulation in a portion of the body of one individual of blood supplied from another individual. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pulmonary circulation | The circulation of blood through the lungs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Servetus' circulation | An obsolete eponym for the pulmonary circulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypophysial portal circulation | A capillary network that carries hypophyseotropic hormones from the hypothalamus, where they are secreted into blood, to their sites of action in the anterior hypophysis. See: portal circulation, hypophysis, hypothalamus. Synonym: hypophyseoportal system, hypophysial portal circulation, hypophysial portal system, hypophysioportal system, hypothalamohypophysial portal circulation, hypothalamohypophysial portal system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypothalamohypophysial portal circulation | A capillary network that carries hypophyseotropic hormones from the hypothalamus, where they are secreted into blood, to their sites of action in the anterior hypophysis. See: portal circulation, hypophysis, hypothalamus. Synonym: hypophyseoportal system, hypophysial portal circulation, hypophysial portal system, hypophysioportal system, hypothalamohypophysial portal circulation, hypothalamohypophysial portal system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| splanchnic circulation | The circulation of blood through the vessels supplying the abdominal viscera. (12 Dec 1998) |
| superior ulnar collateral artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, brachial; distribution, elbow joint; anastomoses, posterior ulnar recurrent and inferior ulnar collateral, as part of the articular vascular network of the elbow. Synonym: arteria collateralis ulnaris superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| systemic circulation | The circulation of blood through the arteries, capillaries, and veins of the general system, from the left ventricle to the right atrium. Synonym: greater circulation. (05 Mar 2000) |