| TOE | tender on examination; tracheoesophageal; transesophageal echography; transferred nuclear Overhauser... |
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| TTA | tetanus toxoid antibody; timed therapeutic absence; total toe arthroplasty; transtracheal aspiration... |
| L/E | Lower Extremity |
| U/E | Upper Extremity |
| ALE | active life expectancy; allowable limits of error; amputated lower extremity |
| proximal radioulnar articulation | The pivot synovial joint between the head of the radius and the ring formed by the radial notch of the ulna and the annular ligament. Synonym: articulatio radioulnaris proximalis, proximal radioulnar articulation, superior radioulnar joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| proximal radioulnar joint | The pivot synovial joint between the head of the radius and the ring formed by the radial notch of the ulna and the annular ligament. Synonym: articulatio radioulnaris proximalis, proximal radioulnar articulation, superior radioulnar joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| proximal small bowel disease | <radiology> Giardia, eosinophilic gastroenteritis, Zollinger-Ellison (12 Dec 1998) |
| proximal spiral septum | See: spiral septum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| proximal tibiofibular joint | The plane synovial joint between the lateral condyle of the tibia and the head of the fibula. Synonym: articulatio tibiofibularis, superior tibial articulation, superior tibiofibular joint, tibiofibular articulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| proximal urethral sphincter | The complete collar of smooth muscle cells of the neck of the urinary bladder which extend distally to surround the preprostatic sportion of the male urethra. There is not a comparable structure in the neck of the femoral bladder; the internal urethral sphincter may exist to prevent reflux of semen into bladder. Synonym: annulus urethralis, internal urethral sphincter, musculus sphincter vesicae, preprostate urethral sphincter, proximal urethral sphincter, sphincter muscle of urinary bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abductor muscle of great toe | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, medial process of calcaneal tuberosity, flexor retinaculum, and plantar aponeurosis; insertion, medial side of proximal phalanx of great toe; action, abducts great toe; nerve supply, medial plantar. Synonym: musculus abductor hallucis, abductor muscle of great toe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abductor muscle of little toe | Origin, lateral and medial processes of calcanean tuberosity; insertion, lateral side of proximal phalanx of fifth toe; action, abducts and flexes little toe; nerve supply, lateral plantar nerve. Synonym: musculus abductor digiti minimi pedis, abductor muscle of little toe, musculus abductor digiti quinti. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adductor muscle of great toe | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, by two heads, the transverse head from the capsules of the lateral four metatarsophalangeal joints and the oblique head from the lateral cuneiform and bases of the third and fourth metatarsal bones; insertion, lateral side of base of proximal phalanx of great toe; action, adducts great toe; nerve supply, lateral plantar. Synonym: musculus adductor hallucis, adductor muscle of great toe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blue toe syndrome | <syndrome> Atherothrombotic microembolism of the lower extremities due to recurrent cholesterol embolic 'showers' with painful cyanotic discoloration of the toes and embolism to other sites that completely resolve between attacks. Despite the gangrene-like appearance, blue toes may respond to conservative therapy without amputation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bursa of great toe | The bursa between the lateral side of the base of the first metatarsal bone and the medial side of the shaft of the second metatarsal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| painful toe | A condition, usually associated with flatfoot, in which walking causes severe pain in the metatarsophalangeal joint of the great toe. Synonym: painful toe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Goldstein's toe sign | <clinical sign> Increased space between the great toe and its neighbor, seen in mongolism and occasionally in cretinism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| great toe | <anatomy, ornithology> The first, or preaxial, digit of the hind limb, corresponding to the pollux in the fore limb; the great toe; the hind toe of birds. Origin: NL, fr. L. Hallex, allex. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| great-toe 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) |