| APS | adenosine phosphosulfate; American Pain Society; American Pediatric Society; American Physiological ... |
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| BOAT | back pain outcome assessment team |
| BPCS | back pain classification scale |
| BPI | bacterial permeability-increasing [protein]; Basic Personality Inventory; beef-pork insulin; blood p... |
| BPQ | Berne pain questionnaire |
| false pain | <obstetrics> Ineffective uterine contractions, preceding and sometimes resembling true labour, but distinguishable from it by the lack of progressive effacement and dilation of the cervix. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| flashing pain syndrome | <syndrome> Sudden, intermittent, and severe brief episodes of pain, without apparent cause, in the distribution of a spinal dermatome; resembles in character the pain of tic douloureux. Compare: tic douloureux. (05 Mar 2000) |
| law of referred pain | Pain arises only from irritation of nerves which are sensitive to those stimuli that produce pain when applied to the surface of the body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| low back pain | A continuous pain in the lower back or lumbar region. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anterior auricular branches of superficial temporal artery | <anatomy, artery> Distribution, auricle, earlobe and external acoustic meatus. Synonym: rami auriculares anteriores arteriae temporalis superficialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior superficial cervical lymph nodes | The lymph nodes in the subcutaneous tissue of the anterior region of the neck. Synonym: nodi lymphatici cervicales anteriores superficiales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parietal branch of superficial temporal artery | <anatomy, artery> Branches coursing in relationship to and/or supplying the parietal lobe of the brain. Synonym: ramus parietalis arteriae temporalis superficialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial crus of the superficial inguinal ring | Portion of the external oblique aponeurosis which passes medial to the superficial inguinal ring forming the medial boundary of the ring. Synonym: crus mediale annuli inguinalis superficialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| membranous layer of superficial fascia | The membranous layer of the subcutaneous tissue in the urogenital region attaching posteriorly to the border of the urogenital diaphragm, at the sides to the ischiopubic rami, and continuing anteriorly onto the abdominal wall. Synonym: fascia perinei superficialis, Colles' fascia, Cruveilhier's fascia, membranous layer of superficial fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| greater superficial petrosal nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The parasympathetic root of the pterygopalatine ganglion; a branch from the genu of the facial nerve exiting via the hiatus of the facial canal and running in a groove on the anterior surface of the petrous part of the temporal bone beside the foramen lacerum to join the deep petrosal nerve, thus forming the nerve of the pterygoid canal, which passes through the pterygoid canal to reach the pterygopalatine ganglion. Synonym: nervus petrosus major, greater petrosal nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polymorphic superficial keratitis | Epithelial degeneration occurring in starvation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superficial | 1. Cursory; not thorough. 2. Pertaining to or situated near the surface. Synonym: superficialis. Origin: L. Superficialis, fr. Superficies, surface (05 Mar 2000) |
| superficial angioma | <dermatology> Red or purple-coloured vascular skin markings that develop shortly after birth. Most are usually painless and benign and sharply demarcated from surrounding skin, usually located on the head and neck, and grow rapidly. It is caused by proliferation of immature capillary vessels in active stroma, and is usually present at birth or occurs within the first two or three months of life. Some lesions (cavernous haemangioma) will disappear or become harder to see as the child approaches school age. Localised steroid injections have been used successfully to reduce the size of a birthmark but generally they undergo spontaneous regression and involution without scarring and normally require no treatment. (07 Mar 2000) |
| superficial back muscles | Muscles originating from the vertebral column and having their fleshy bellies located in the back, but inserting onto the appendicular skeleton of the upper limb or the ribs. They are not innervated by dorsal primary rami of spinal nerves, as are the deep or true muscles of the back; includes the trapezius muscle (innervated by spinal accessory nerve) and latissimus dorsi, rhomboids, levator scapulae, and thoracic muscles (innervated by ventral primary rami of spinal nerves, or derivatives thereof). (05 Mar 2000) |
| superficial brachial artery | <anatomy, artery> An occasional variation in which the brachial artery lies superficial to the median nerve in the arm. Synonym: arteria brachialis superficialis. (05 Mar 2000) |