| SSP | Sanarelli-Shwartzman phenomenon; subacute sclerosing panencephalitis; slice sensitivity profile; sub... |
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| TRAP | carpal tunnel syndrome, Raynaud phenomenon, aching muscles, proximal muscle weakness [rheumatic diso... |
| HA | 1) Hemolytic Anemia 2) Head-Ache |
| H & N | Head & Neck |
| HT | Head Trauma |
pin-head pigmentation spot
| head of humerus | The upper rounded extremity fitting into the glenoid cavity of the scapula. Synonym: caput humeri. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| head of malleus | The rounded portion of the malleus articulating with the body of the incus. Synonym: caput mallei. (05 Mar 2000) |
| head of mandible | The expanded articular portion of the condylar process of the mandible. Synonym: caput mandibulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| head of metacarpal bone | The expanded distal end of a metacarpal that articulates with the proximal phalanx of the same digit. Synonym: caput ossis metacarpalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| head of metatarsal bone | The expanded distal end of a metatarsal bone that articulates with the proximal phalanx of the same digit. Synonym: caput ossis metatarsalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| head of pancreas | That portion of the pancreas lying in the concavity of the duodenum. Synonym: caput pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| head of phalanx | The rounded articular surface at the distal end of the proximal and middle phalanx of each finger and toe. Synonym: caput phalangis, trochlea phalangis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| head of radius | The disk-shaped upper extremity articulating with the capitulum of the humerus. Synonym: caput radii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| head of rib | The rounded medial extremity of a rib which, except for ribs 1, 10, 11, and 12, articulates by two facets with the bodies of two contiguous vertebrae. Synonym: caput costae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| head of stapes | The portion of the stapes that articulates with the lenticular process of the incus. Synonym: caput stapedis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| head of talus | The rounded anterior portion of the talus articulating with the navicular bone. Synonym: caput tali. (05 Mar 2000) |
| head of the caudate nucleus | The head or anterior extremity of the caudate nucleus projecting into the anterior horn of the lateral ventricle. Synonym: caput nuclei caudati, anterior extremity of caudate nucleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| head of ulna | The small rounded distal extremity of the ulna articulating with the ulnar notch of the radius and the articular disk. Synonym: caput ulnae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| head presentation | Presentation of any part of the foetal head, usually the upper and back part as a result of flexion such that the chin is in contact with the thorax in vertex presentation; there may be degrees of flexion so that the presenting part is the large fontanel in sincipital presentation, the brow in brow presentation, or the face in face presentation. Synonym: head presentation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| head process | The primordium for the notochord. See: notochordal process. (05 Mar 2000) |