| AASP | acute atrophic spinal paralysis; American Association of Senior Physicians; ascending aorta synchron... |
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| ABSe | ascending bladder septum |
| AC | abdominal circumference; abdominal compression; absorption coefficient; abuse case; acetate; acetylc... |
| ACS | AO ascending aorta |
| A&D | admission and discharge; ascending and descending |
| pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Conveys motor fibres from the cranial root of the accessory nerve to the pharyngeal constrictor muscles, the intrinsic muscles of the soft palate and the levator palati muscle; may also bring some general sensory fibres to the pharyngeal plexus. Synonym: rami pharyngei nervi vagi. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pharyngeal bursa | <anatomy> A cystic notochordal remnant found inconstantly in the posterior wall of the nasopharynx at the lower end of the pharyngeal tonsil. Synonym: bursa pharyngea, Luschka's bursa, Tornwaldt's cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal calculus | A concretion in the pharynx. Synonym: pharyngeal calculus. Origin: pharyngo-+ G. Lithos, stone (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal canal | On the undersurface of the vaginal process of the sphenoid bone, a furrow that is converted into a canal by the sphenoidal process of the palatine bone; it transmits the pharyngeal branch of the maxillary artery and the pharyngeal nerve from the pterygopalatine ganglion. Synonym: canalis palatovaginalis, palatovaginal canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal cartilages | Cartilage's developing within the vertebrate or embryonic branchial arches; they form the cartilaginous viscerocranium. Synonym: pharyngeal cartilages. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal diseases | General or unspecified diseases of the pharynx. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pharyngeal fistula | A form of fistula colli congenita. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal flap | A flap from the posterior wall of the pharynx to the soft palate, as a speech aid in cleft palate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal fornix | The non-muscular upper end of the nasopharynx where the pharyngeal mucosa is firmly applied to the body of the sphenoid bone and to pharyngobasilar fascia. Synonym: fornix pharyngis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal glands | Racemose mucous glands beneath the mucous membrane of the pharynx. Synonym: glandulae pharyngeae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal grooves | Embryonic endodermal or ectodermal groove's between successive pharyngeal arches. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal hypophysis | Residual tissue derived from the hypophysial diverticulum that lies in the lamina propria of the nasopharynx; its cells and their arrangement are identical with those of the pars distalis. Synonym: pars pharyngea hypophyseos. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal isthmus | Communicating space between nasopharynx and oropharynx, sealed off by elevation of the soft palate and contraction of portions of the superior pharyngeal constrictor (palatopharyngal sphincter) during swallowing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal membranes | Thin sheets, composed of ectoderm externally and endoderm internally, which separate the pharyngeal pouches from the overlying branchial clefts in the early embryo. Synonym: pharyngeal membranes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal mucosa | The mucous coat of the pharynx. Synonym: tunica mucosa pharyngis. (05 Mar 2000) |