| LEM | lateral eye movement; Leibovitz-Emory medium; leukocyte endogenous mediator; light emission microsco... |
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| non-REM | non-rapid eye movement [sleep] |
| NREM | nonrapid eye movement [sleep] |
| REM | rapid eye movement; recent-event memory; reticular erythematous mucinosis; return electrode monitor;... |
| REMS | rapid eye movement sleep |
| translatory movement | The motion of the body at any instant when all points within the body are moving at the same velocity and in the same direction. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| fixational ocular movement | Rotation of the eyes during voluntary fixation on an object; tremors, flicks, and drifts occur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foetal movement | <obstetrics> Movement of the foetus in the womb perceived by the mother and felt by palpation of the abdomen. The first foetal movements felt by the mother during pregnancy (quickening) are usually between18 and 22 weeks of pregnancy. (08 Mar 2000) |
| lateral movement | In dentistry, movement of the mandible to the side. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fusional movement | A reflex movement that tends to move the visual axes to the object of fixation so that stereoscopic vision is possible. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vein of vestibular aqueduct | A small vein accompanying the endolymphatic duct; it drains much of the vestibular portion of the labyrinth and terminates in the inferior petrosal sinus. Synonym: vena aqueductus vestibuli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vein of vestibular bulb | The vein draining the bulb of the vestibule; a tributary of the internal pudendal vein. Synonym: vena bulbi vestibuli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vestibular | <anatomy> Pertaining to or toward a vestibule. In dental anatomy, used to refer to the tooth surface directed toward the vestibule of the mouth. Origin: L. Vestibularis (18 Nov 1997) |
| vestibular anus | <anatomy, surgery> A congenital malformation in which the anus is imperforate but the rectum opens into the vagina just above the vulva. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vestibular apparatus | <anatomy> The receptor organ of the vestibular portion of the 8th cranial nerve, consisting of the three saemicircular canals and the otolith, located within the petrous portion of the temporal bone of the skull. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vestibular aqueduct | <anatomy> A small bony canal linking the vestibule of the inner ear to the posterior part of the internal surface of the petrous temporal bone. It surrounds the endolymphatic duct. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vestibular area | More specifically look at: inferior vestibular area, superior vestibular area. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vestibular blind sac | <anatomy> The lower extremity of the cochlear duct, occupying the cochlear recess in the vestibule. Synonym: caecum vestibulare, vestibular blind sac. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vestibular branches of labyrinthine artery | <anatomy, artery> Branches of labyrinthine artery passing to the vestibule of the bony labyrinth to supply the membranous labyrinth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vestibular caecum of the cochlear duct | <anatomy> The lower extremity of the cochlear duct, occupying the cochlear recess in the vestibule. Synonym: caecum vestibulare, vestibular blind sac. (05 Mar 2000) |