| Sa | the most anterior point of the anterior contour of the sella turcica [point]; saline; Staphylococcus... |
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| ACA | Anterior Cerebral Artery |
| A-COM | Anterior COMmunicating artery |
| AICA | Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery; Hemifacial Spasm |
| AIIS | Anterior Inferior Iliac Spine |
| fovea of the femoral head | A depression on the extremity of the head of the femur giving attachment to the ligamentum teres femoris. Synonym: fovea capitis ossis femoris, pit of head of femur. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| fovea of the radial head | The depression on the top (superior surface) of the head of the radius for articulation with the capitulum of the humerus. Synonym: fovea articularis capitis radii, articular pit of head of radius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fovea pterygoidea | A depression on the antero-medial side of the neck of the condylar process of the mandible, giving attachment to the lateral pterygoid muscle. Synonym: fovea pterygoidea, pterygoid depression, pterygoid pit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fovea spherica | A rounded depression on the inner wall of the vestibule of the labyrinth, lodging the sacculus. Synonym: recessus sphericus, fovea hemispherica, fovea spherica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fovea sublingualis | A shallow depression on either side of the mental spine, on the inner surface of the body of the mandible, superior to the mylohyoid line, lodging the sublingual gland. Synonym: fovea sublingualis, sublingual pit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fovea submandibularis | The depression on the medial surface of the body of the mandible inferior to the mylohyoid line in which the submandibular gland is lodged. Synonym: fovea submandibularis, fossa submandibularis, fovea submaxillaris, submaxillary fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fovea submaxillaris | The depression on the medial surface of the body of the mandible inferior to the mylohyoid line in which the submandibular gland is lodged. Synonym: fovea submandibularis, fossa submandibularis, fovea submaxillaris, submaxillary fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fovea superior | A slight depression in the limiting sulcus on either side of the rhomboidal fossa, above the medullary striae and lateral to the facial colliculus. Synonym: fovea superior, anterior fovea, fovea anterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fovea supravesicalis | The depression on the peritoneal surface of the anterior abdominal wall above the bladder and between the median and medial umbilical folds. Its level, relative to the pubis, changes with filling of the bladder. Synonym: fossa supravesicalis, fovea supravesicalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fovea triangularis cartilaginis arytenoideae | A deep depression in the upper portion of the anterolateral surface of the arytenoid cartilage, lodging glands. Synonym: fovea triangularis cartilaginis arytenoideae, triangular pit of arytenoid cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fovea trochlearis | A shallow depression in the roof of the orbit close to the medial margin to which is attached the pulley for the superior oblique tendon. Synonym: fovea trochlearis, fossa trochlearis, trochlear fossa, trochlear pit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior part of anterior commissure of brain | The anterior part of the anterior or rostral commissure of the brain. Synonym: pars anterior commissurae rostralis, pars anterior commissurae anterioris cerebri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute anterior poliomyelitis | Inflammation of the anterior cornua of the spinal cord; an acute infectious disease caused by the poliomyelitis virus and marked by fever, pains, and gastroenteric disturbances, followed by a flaccid paralysis of one or more muscular groups, and later by atrophy. Synonym: acute atrophic paralysis, myogenic paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alpha cells of anterior lobe of hypophysis | Acidophil cell's that constitute about 35% of the cell's of the anterior lobe. There are two varieties: one that elaborates somatotropin, another that elaborates prolactin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior | <anatomy> Toward the front or in front of. (27 Sep 1997) |