| ECRL | extensor carpi radialis longus |
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| ECU | environmental control unit; extended care unit; extensor carpi ulnaris |
| ED | early-decision [applicant]; early differentiation; ectodermal dysplasia; ectopic depolarization; eff... |
| EDB | early dry breakfast; electron-dense body; extensor digitorum brevis |
| EDC | emergency decontamination center; end-diastolic count; estimated date of conception; expected date o... |
| spade fingers | The course, thick finger's of acromegaly or myxoedema. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dead fingers | Impaired digital circulation, possibly a mild form of Raynaud's disease, marked by a purplish or waxy white colour of the fingers, with subnormal local temperature and paresthesia. Synonym: dead fingers, waxy fingers. Origin: acro-+ G. Asphyxia, stoppage of the pulse (05 Mar 2000) |
| zinc fingers | Domains in DNA- and RNA-binding proteins that contain amino acids which are folded into a single structural unit around a zinc atom that links two cysteines and two histidines. Each finger is postulated to recognise a specific sequence of about five nucleotide pairs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| paradoxical extensor reflex | <clinical sign> Extension of the great toe and abduction of the other toes instead of the normal flexion reflex to plantar stimulation, considered indicative of pyramidal tract involvement ("positive" Babinski). Synonym: Babinski reflex, Babinski's phenomenon, great-toe reflex, paradoxical extensor reflex, toe phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| retinacula of extensor muscles | See: inferior extensor retinaculum, superior extensor retinaculum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus extensor brevis digitorum | 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) |
| musculus extensor brevis pollicis | <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) |
| musculus extensor carpi radialis brevis | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, lateral epicondyle of humerus; insertion, base of third metacarpal bone; action, extends and abducts wrist radialward; nerve supply, radial. Synonym: musculus extensor carpi radialis brevis, short radial extensor muscle of wrist. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus extensor carpi radialis longus | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, lateral supracondylar ridge of humerus; insertion, back of base of second metacarpal bone; action, extends and deviates wrist radialward; nerve supply, radial. Synonym: musculus extensor carpi radialis longus, long radial extensor muscle of wrist. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus extensor carpi ulnaris | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, lateral epicondyle of humerus (humeral head) and oblique line and posterior border of ulna (ulnar head); insertion, base of fifth metacarpal bone; action, extends and abducts wrist ulnarward; nerve supply, radial (posterior interosseous). Synonym: musculus extensor carpi ulnaris, ulnar extensor muscle of wrist. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus extensor coccygis | <anatomy> An inconstant and poorly developed muscle on the dorsal surfaces of the sacrum and coccyx, the remains of a portion of the tail musculature of lower animals. Synonym: musculus sacrococcygeus dorsalis, dorsal sacrococcygeal muscle, musculus extensor coccygis, musculus sacrococcygeus posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus extensor digiti minimi | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, lateral epicondyle of humerus; insertion, dorsum of proximal, middle, and distal phalanges of little finger; action, extends fingers; nerve supply, radial (posterior interosseous). Synonym: musculus extensor digiti minimi, extensor muscle of little finger, musculus extensor digiti quinti proprius, musculus extensor minimi digiti. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus extensor digiti quinti proprius | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, lateral epicondyle of humerus; insertion, dorsum of proximal, middle, and distal phalanges of little finger; action, extends fingers; nerve supply, radial (posterior interosseous). Synonym: musculus extensor digiti minimi, extensor muscle of little finger, musculus extensor digiti quinti proprius, musculus extensor minimi digiti. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus extensor digitorum | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, lateral epicondyle of humerus; insertion, by four tendons into the base of the proximal and middle and base of the second and third phalanges of 4 fingers; action, extends fingers and hand; nerve supply, radial (posterior interosseous). Synonym: musculus extensor digitorum, extensor muscle of fingers, musculus extensor digitorum communis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus extensor digitorum brevis | 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) |