| AIPFP | acute idiopathic peripheral facial nerve palsy |
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| AIS | Abbreviated Injury Scale; amniotic infection syndrome; androgen insensitivity syndrome; anterior int... |
| ANAS | anastomosis; auditory nerve activating substance |
| ANI | acute nerve irritation |
| anti-PNM Ab | anti-peripheral nerve myelin antibody |
| Ranvier's plexus | A subbasal stroma plexus of the cornea. See: stroma plexus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| venous plexus | A vascular network formed by numerous anastomoses between veins. Synonym: plexus venosus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| venous plexus of bladder | A plexus of veins around the fundus and sides of the bladder. Synonym: plexus venosus vesicalis, venous plexus of bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| venous plexus of foramen ovale | A venous network around the mandibular nerve connecting the cavernous sinus and the pterygoid plexus. Synonym: plexus venosus foraminis ovalis, rete foraminis ovalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| venous plexus of hypoglossal canal | A small venous network around the hypoglossal nerve, connecting with the occipital sinus, inferior petrosal sinus, and internal jugular vein. Synonym: plexus venosus canalis hypoglossi, circellus venosus hypoglossi, rete canalis hypoglossi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vertebral plexus | <anatomy, artery> A plexus of autonomic nerves on the vertebral artery derives from the subclavian plexus. Synonym: plexus vertebralis, vertebral plexus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vertebral venous plexus | Any of four interconnected venous networks surrounding the vertebral column; anterior external vertebral venous plexus, the small system around the vertebral bodies; posterior external vertebral venous plexus, the extensive system around the vertebral processes; anterior internal vertebral venous plexus, the system running the length of the vertebral canal anterior to the dura; posterior internal vertebral venous plexus, the system running the length of the vertebral canal posterior to the dura; the latter two constitute the epidural venous plexus. Synonym: plexus venosus vertebralis, Batson's plexus, vertebral venous plexus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rectal venous plexus | A venous plexus resting upon the posterior and lateral walls of the rectum; it drains into the superior rectal vein to the portal, the middle rectal to the internal iliac and the inferior rectal to the internal pudendal. Synonym: plexus venosus rectalis, haemorrhoidal plexus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vesical plexus | An autonomic plexus on the bladder, derived from the inferior hypogastric plexus. Synonym: plexus vesicalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vesicular venous plexus | A plexus of veins around the fundus and sides of the bladder. Synonym: plexus venosus vesicalis, venous plexus of bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pars infraclavicularis plexus brachialis | The part of the brachial plexus that extends from the level of the clavicle downward into the axilla; it includes the cords of the plexus and their branches. Synonym: pars infraclavicularis plexus brachialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pars supraclavicularis plexus brachialis | The part of the brachial plexus, including the roots, trunks, and divisions, that gives rise to the dorsal scapular, long thoracic, suprascapular and subclavian nerves. Synonym: pars supraclavicularis plexus brachialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maxillary plexus | <anatomy, artery> An autonomic plexus on the maxillary artery derived from the external carotid plexus. Synonym: internal maxillary plexus, maxillary plexus, plexus maxillaris internus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavernous plexus of clitoris | Nerves corresponding to the cavernous nerves of penis in the male, arising from the vesicular portion of the pelvic plexus. Synonym: nervi cavernosi clitoridis, cavernous plexus of clitoris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavernous plexus of conchae | Erectile tissue in the mucous membrane covering the conchae of the nasal cavity. Synonym: plexus cavernosi concharum, corpus cavernosum conchae. (05 Mar 2000) |