| ALCA-PA | Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery |
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| STA-MCA | Superficial temporal artery - middle cerebral artery |
| STA-MCA | Superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery |
| ICR | 3'-internal control region |
| ABIM | American Board of Internal Medicine |
| internal spermatic artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, aorta; branches, ureteral, cremasteric, epididymal; distribution, testicle and parts designated by names of branches; anastomoses, branches of renal, inferior epigastric, deferential. Synonym: arteria testicularis, arteria spermatica interna, internal spermatic artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| internal thoracic artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, subclavian; branches, pericardiacophrenic, anterior intercostal, sternal, mediastinal, thymic, bronchial, muscular, and perforating branches, and bifurcates into the musculophrenic and superior epigastric. Synonym: arteria thoracica interna, arteria mammaria interna, internal mammary artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thymic branches of internal thoracic artery | <anatomy, artery> See: mediastinal branches of internal thoracic artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral costal branch of internal thoracic artery | <anatomy, artery> A variable branch of internal thoracic artery that runs lateral and parallel to the internal thoracic artery on the deep surface of the rib cage; anastomosis: posterior intercostal arteries. Synonym: ramus costalis lateralis arteriae thoracicae internae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ganglionic branches of maxillary nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The ganglionic branches, two short sensory branches of the maxillary nerve in the pterygopalatine fossa, the fibres of which pass through the pterygopalatine ganglion without synapse. Synonym: radix sensoria ganglii pterygopalatini, rami ganglionici nervi maxillaris, rami ganglionares, nervi pterygopalatini, nervi sphenopalatini, pterygopalatine nerves, sensory root of pterygopalatine ganglion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maxillary | <anatomy> Pertaining to the maxilla. The irregularly shaped bone that with its fellow forms the upper jaw. Origin: L. Maxillaris (18 Nov 1997) |
| maxillary angle | The angle formed by a line drawn from the ophryon and another from the point of the mandible and meeting at the contact between the upper and lower incisor teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maxillary antrum | A air filled cavity within the maxilla (bone that forms the face and upper jaw). The maxillary sinus is located just below the bony prominence of the cheek (27 Sep 1997) |
| maxillary dentition | The teeth supported by the alveolar process of the two maxillae, whether the 10 deciduous teeth or the 16 permanent teeth. Synonym: arcus dentalis superior, maxillary dentition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maxillary eminence | The bulging lower extremity of the posterior surface of the body of the maxilla, behind the root of the last molar tooth. Synonym: tuber maxillae, eminentia maxillae, maxillary eminence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maxillary fractures | Fractures of the upper jaw. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maxillary gland | The second largest of the three major salivary glands. It is located deep to the mandible (jaw bone). (12 Dec 1998) |
| maxillary hiatus | The large opening into the maxillary sinus on the nasal surface of the maxilla. Synonym: hiatus maxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maxillary neoplasms | Cancer or tumours of the maxilla or upper jaw. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maxillary nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The intermediate sensory division of the trigeminal (5th cranial) nerve. The maxillary nerve carries general afferents from the intermediate region of the face including the lower eyelid, nose and upper lip, the maxillary teeth, and parts of the dura. (12 Dec 1998) |