| MSO | management service organization; medial superior olive; medical staff organization |
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| OAISO | overaction of the ipsilateral superior oblique |
| PASVR | pulmonary anomalous superior venous return |
| RNSC | radionuclide superior cavography |
| RSO | radiation safety officer; Resident Surgical Officer; right superior oblique [muscle] |
| veins of cerebellum | The veins draining the cerebellum. See: inferior veins of cerebellar hemisphere, superior veins of cerebellar hemisphere, petrosal vein, precentral cerebellar vein, inferior vein of vermis, superior vein of vermis. Synonym: venae cerebelli, veins of cerebellum. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| veins of eyelids | Veins draining the superior eyelid posteriorly as tributaries of the superior ophthalmic vein. Synonym: venae palpebrales, veins of eyelids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| veins of Galen | Paired veins passing caudally near the midline in the tela choroidea of the third ventricle, formed by the union of the choroid vein, thalamostriate (terminal) vein, and vein of septum pellucidum, and uniting caudally so as to form the great cerebral vein. Synonym: venae cerebri internae, veins of Galen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| veins of inferior eyelid | Veins of inferior eyelid; veins originatin gin the inferior eyelid and emptying into the angular vein. Synonym: venae palpebrales inferiores, veins of inferior eyelid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| veins of kidney | The tributaries of the renal vein that drain the kidney; they parallel the arteries in the kidney and consist of interlobular, arcuate, and interlobar veins. Synonym: venae renis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| veins of knee | The veins that accompany the genicular arteries; they drain blood from the structures around the knee, terminating in the popliteal vein. Synonym: venae genus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| veins of medulla oblongata | Several veins draining the medulla oblongata; they are tributaries of the anterior spinal vein and the petrosal vein. Synonym: veins of medulla oblongata. (05 Mar 2000) |
| veins of pons | Several veins running transversely on the pons to join the petrosal vein. Synonym: venae pontis, veins of pons. (05 Mar 2000) |
| veins of temporomandibular joint | Several small tributaries to the retromandibular vein from the temporomandibular joint. Synonym: venae articulares temporomandibulares. (05 Mar 2000) |
| veins of vertebral column | Includes the internal and external vertebral venous plexuses, the basivertebral veins, and the anterior and posterior spinal veins. Synonym: venae columnae vertebralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paraumbilical veins | Several small veins arising from cutaneous veins about the umbilicus running along the round ligament of the liver, and terminating as accessory portal veins in the substance of this organ; they constitute a portocaval anastomosis and are subject to varicosity druign portal hypertension; varicose paraumbilical veins form the "caput medussae". Synonym: venae paraumbilicales, Sappey's veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parietal veins | The superficial veins draining the parietal cerebral cortex and emptying into the superior sagittal sinus. Synonym: venae parietales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| masseteric veins | Plexiform vein's accompanying the masseteric artery that empty into the pterygoid venous plexus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vesical veins | Veins that drain the vesical venous plexus; they join the internal iliac veins. Synonym: venae vesicales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parotid veins | Branches draining part of the parotid gland and emptying into the retromandibular vein. Synonym: venae parotidea, posterior parotid veins. (05 Mar 2000) |