| CAL | cafe au lait; calcium test; calculated average life; calories; chronic airflow limitation; computer-... |
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| CF | calcaneal fibular [ligament]; calcium leucovorin; calf blood flow; calibration factor; cancer-free; ... |
| ISL | inner scapular line; interspinous ligament; isoleucine |
| lig | ligament; ligation |
| MCL | maximum containment laboratory; medial collateral ligament; midclavicular line; midcostal line; mini... |
| triangular fold | A fold of mucous membrane anterior to the palatine tonsil arising from the palatoglossal arch. Synonym: plica triangularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| triangular fossa | The depression at the upper part of the auricle between the two crura of the anthelix. Synonym: fossa triangularis, fossa navicularis auriculae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular fovea of arytenoid cartilage | 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) |
| triangular lamella | A double fold of pia mater, enclosing subarachnoid trabeculae, between the fornix above and the epithelial roof of the third ventricle and the thalami below; at each lateral margin is a vascular fringe projecting into the choroidal fissure of the lateral ventricle; on its undersurface are several small vascular projections filling the folds of the ependymal roof of the third ventricle. Synonym: tela choroidea ventriculi tertii, tela choroidea superior, triangular lamella, velum interpositum, velum triangulare. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular ligaments of liver | See: right triangular ligament, left triangular ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular muscle | <anatomy> A muscle that is triangular in shape. Synonym: musculus triangularis. Synonym: depressor anguli oris muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular nucleus | Alternative term for the medial vestibular nucleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular part | The middle one of three small convolutions which together compose the inferior frontal gyrus of the cerebral cortex; the other two being the orbital part and opercular part. Synonym: pars triangularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular pit of arytenoid cartilage | 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) |
| triangular recess | An occasional evagination of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain between the anterior commissure and the diverging pillars of the fornix. Synonym: recessus triangularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular ridge | A crest or ridge which extends from the apex of a cusp of a premolar or molar tooth toward the central part of the occlusal surface. Synonym: triangular crest, triangular ridge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular uterus | Uterus bicornis in which the fundus between the two cornua is broad and flat. Synonym: triangular uterus, uterus incudiformis, uterus triangularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior costotransverse ligament | <anatomy> The fibrous band that extends upward from the neck of a rib to the transverse process of the next higher vertebra. Synonym: ligamentum costotransversarium superius, anterior costotransverse ligament, ligamentum costotransversarium anterius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior cruciate ligament | <anatomy> A ligament that stabilises the knee joint. <orthopaedics> A common type of knee sprain which involves injury to the anterior cruciate ligament. The knee with an anterior cruciate ligament injury will usually appear swollen and tender. Reconstruction of the ligament is possible using a fibreoptic procedure, known as arthroscopy, is used in the surgical repair of any of several knee ligaments including the anterior cruciate ligament, lateral or medial meniscus, lateral collateral or medial collateral ligament. Recovery from this procedure is based largely on the ligament repaired and can be highly variable. (06 Oct 1997) |
| anterior ligament of head of fibula | A ligament uniting the anterior part of the head of the fibula to the tibia. Synonym: ligamentum capitis fibulae anterius. (05 Mar 2000) |