| 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 |
| supra-auricular | <ornithology, zoology> Situated above the ear coverts, or auriculars; said of certain feathers of birds. A supra-auricular feather. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| supra-auricular point | A craniometric point on the posterior root of the zygomatic process of the temporal bone directly above the auricular point. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infra-auricular deep parotid lymph nodes | Small lymph nodes located deep to the parotid fascia and below the ear. Synonym: nodi lymphatici parotidei profundi infra-auriculares, infra-auricular subfascial parotid lymph nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infra-auricular subfascial parotid lymph nodes | Small lymph nodes located deep to the parotid fascia and below the ear. Synonym: nodi lymphatici parotidei profundi infra-auriculares, infra-auricular subfascial parotid lymph nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intra-auricular | 1. Within an auricle (e.g., of the ear). 2. Obsolete term for intra-atrial. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oblique auricular muscle | <anatomy> A thin band of oblique muscular fibres extending from the upper part of the eminence of the concha to the convexity of the helix, running across the groove corresponding to the inferior crus of the anthelix. Synonym: musculus obliquus auriculae, oblique muscle of auricle, Tod's muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transverse auricular muscle | <anatomy> A band of sparse muscular fibres on the cranial surface of the auricle, extending from the eminence of the concha to the eminence of the scapha. Synonym: musculus transversus auriculae, transverse muscle of auricle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrillation, auricular | Essentially the same as atrial fibrillation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| left auricular appendage | The small conical projection from the left atrium of the heart. Synonym: auricula sinistra, left auricular appendage. (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) |
| anterior ampullar nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A branch of the utriculoampullar nerve that supplies the crista ampullaris of the anterior saemicircular duct. Synonym: nervus ampullaris anterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior antebrachial nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A branch of the median arising in elbow region, running on interosseous membrane, supplying the flexor pollicis longus, part of flexor digitorum profundus and the pronator quadratus muscles, as well as radiocarpal and intercarpal joints. Synonym: nervus interosseus anterior, ramus profundus nervi radialis, nervus antebrachii anterior, anterior antebrachial nerve, volar interosseous nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior antebrachial region | The area between the radial and ulnar borders of the forearm anteriorly. Synonym: facies antebrachialis anterior, regio antebrachialis anterior, anterior antebrachial region, anterior surface of forearm, facies anterior antebrachii. (05 Mar 2000) |