| MCL | maximum containment laboratory; medial collateral ligament; midclavicular line; midcostal line; mini... |
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| OALL | ossification of anterior longitudinal ligament |
| OPLL | ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament |
| PCL | pacing cycle length; persistent corpus luteum; plasma cell leukemia; posterior chamber lens; posteri... |
| PDL | pancreatic duct ligation; periodontal ligament; poorly differentiated lymphocyte; population doublin... |
| synovial frenula | Fibrous bands that extend from the flexor tendons of the fingers and toes to the capsules of the interphalangeal joints and to the phalanges; they convey small vessels to the tendons. Synonym: vincula tendinum, synovial frena, synovial frenula. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| synovial fringe | Small vascular processes given off from a synovial membrane. Synonym: villi synoviales, synovial fringe, synovial tufts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| synovial glands | <anatomy> Collections of adipose tissue in the hip, knee, and other joints, covered by synovial membrane, thought by Havers to be gland's secreting the synovia. Synonym: synovial glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| synovial hernia | Protrusion of a fold of the stratum synoviale through a rent in the stratum fibrosum of a joint capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| synovial joint | A joint in which the opposing bony surfaces are covered with a layer of hyaline cartilage or fibrocartilage, there is a joint cavity containing synovial fluid, lined with synovial membrane and reinforced by a fibrous capsule and ligaments, and there is some degree of free movement possible. Synonym: articulatio synovialis, diarthrodial joint, diarthrosis, junctura synovialis, movable joint, perarticulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| synovial lining | The lining of the joint. (12 Dec 1998) |
| synovial membrane | The inner of the two layers of the articular capsule of a synovial joint, composed of loose connective tissue and having a free smooth surface that lines the joint cavity. It secretes the synovial fluid. (12 Dec 1998) |
| synovial mesenchyme | Vascular mesenchyme surrounding the interzonal mesenchyme; it develops into the synovial membrane of a joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| synovial osteochondromatosis | <radiology> Multiple ossified synovial fragments within joint space (joint mice), synovial villus thickening, cartilagenous metaplasia, bone formation two types:, familial miriad very small densities presents early in life, non-familial several small and large densities presents later (12 Dec 1998) |
| synovial sarcoma | <radiology> Soft-tissue mass, usually about 1 cm from joint, amorphous calcifications (33%), most common at knee, bone erosion (wide zone of transition), juxta-articular osteoporosis Cf: pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVS) (12 Dec 1998) |
| synovial sheath | See: synovial tendon sheath, vagina synovialis trochleae, synovial sheaths of digits of hand, synovial sheaths of digits of foot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| synovial sheaths of digits of foot | Similar in structure to the corresponding sheaths of the hand. Synonym: vaginae synoviales digitorum pedis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| synovial sheaths of digits of hand | The synovial sheaths that enclose the flexor tendons of the fingers and line the inside of the fibrous tendon sheaths. Synonym: vaginae synoviales digitorum manus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| synovial tendon sheath | A sheath of synovial membrane enveloping certain of the tendons; it contains a small amount of synovial fluid. Synonym: vagina synovialis tendinis, mucous sheath of tendon, theca tendinis, vagina mucosa tendinis, vaginal synovial membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| synovial trochlear bursa | <anatomy> The synovial sheath enclosing the tendon of the superior oblique muscle as it passes through the trochlea. Synonym: vagina tendinis musculi obliqui superioris, synovial trochlear bursa, trochlear synovial bursa, vagina synovialis trochleae. (05 Mar 2000) |