| RAD | radial artery catheter; radiation absorbed dose; radical; radiography or radiographic; reactive airw... |
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| RFA | resident functional atlas; right femoral artery; right frontoanterior [fetal position] |
| RVA | re-entrant ventricular arrhythmia; right ventricle activation; right vertebral artery |
| RL | radial line; radiation laboratory; reduction level; renal dysplasia-limb defects [syndrome]; resisti... |
| RLL | right lobe of liver; right lower limb; right lower lobe |
| right branch | Of a pair of branches, the branch passing to the right side of the body, to the right member of a bilateral pair of structures, or to the right portion of an unpaired structure; the other member of the pair being a left branch. Synonym: ramus dexter. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| right branch of portal vein | <anatomy, vein> Terminal branch of hepatic portal vein distributed to right lobe of liver tributary: cystic vein. Synonym: ramus dexter venae portae hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right colic flexure | The bend of the colon at the juncture of its ascending and transverse portions. Synonym: flexura coli dextra, hepatic flexure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right colic lymph nodes | Nodes located along the right colic artery that drain the upper part of the ascending colon. Synonym: nodi lymphatici colici dextri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right colic vein | <anatomy, vein> The vein that parallels the right colic artery and drains blood from the ascending colon and right colic flexure. Synonym: vena colica dextra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right crus of atrioventricular bundle | The right leg or branch of the atrioventricular bundle which diverges from the left crus just below the membranous portion of the interventricular septum to descend the septal wall of the right ventricle and ramify beneath the endocardium. Synonym: crus dextrum fasciculi atrioventricularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right crus of diaphragm | The muscular origin of the diaphragm from the bodies of the upper three or four lumbar vertebrae that passes upward to the right of the aorta toward the central tendon; the oesophageal hiatus is a parting of the fibres of the right crus to allow passage of the oesophagus. Synonym: crus dextrum diaphragmatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right duct of caudate lobe | The bile duct from the right half of the caudate lobe, a tributary to the right hepatic duct. Synonym: ductus lobi caudati dexter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right-eyed | Rarely used term for indicating right ocular dominance; denoting one who prefers the right eye in monocular work, such as microscopy. Synonym: right-eyed. Origin: dextro-+ L. Oculus, eye (05 Mar 2000) |
| right fibrous trigone | Part of the fibrous skeleton of the heart located between the aortic fibrous ring and rings surrounding the right and left atrioventricular ostia. Synonym: trigonum fibrosum dextrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right-footed | Denoting one who uses the right leg in preference to the left. Synonym: right-footed. Origin: dextro-+ L. Pes (ped-), foot (05 Mar 2000) |
| right gastric lymph nodes | Small nodes along the course of the right gastric artery that drain part of the lesser curvature of the stomach. Synonym: nodi lymphatici gastrici dextri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right gastric vein | <anatomy, vein> It receives veins from both surfaces of the upper portion of the stomach, runs to the right along the lesser curvature of the stomach, and empties into the portal vein. Synonym: vena gastrica dextra, pyloric vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right gastroepiploic lymph nodes | Nodes located in the greater omentum along the right gastroepiploic artery that drain part of the greater curvature of the stomach and the greater omentum. Synonym: nodi lymphatici gastro-omentales dextri, right gastro-omental lymph nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right gastroepiploic vein | <anatomy, vein> A tributary of the superior mesenteric vein that parallels the right gastroepiploic artery along the greater curvature of the stomach. Synonym: vena gastro-omentalis dextra, right gastroomental vein. (05 Mar 2000) |