| PCA | para-chloramphetamine; parietal cell antibody; passive cutaneous anaphylaxis; patient care assistant... |
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| PICA | percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; Porch Index of Communicative Abilities; posterior in... |
| PPA | palpation, percussion, auscultation; pepsin A; phenylpropanolamine; phenylpyruvic acid; Pittsburgh p... |
| RBA | relative binding affinity; rescue breathing apparatus; right basilar artery; right brachial artery; ... |
| RCA | red cell agglutination; relative chemotactic activity; renal cell carcinoma; right carotid artery; r... |
| artery needle | A blunt-pointed, curved needle, set in a handle, with the eye at the point, used for passing a ligature around an artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| artery of adamkiewicz | <radiology> Arteria radicularis magna, arises from aorta, from intercostal or lumbar aa., between T8 and L4, left side (80%), supplies lower 2/3 of spinal cord, typical hairpin course (12 Dec 1998) |
| artery of angular gyrus | The last branch of the terminal part of the middle cerebral artery distributed to parts of the temporal parietal and occipital lobes. Synonym: arteria gyri angularis, angular artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artery of anterior inferior segment of kidney | Origin, anterior branch of renal. See: segmental arteries of kidney. Synonym: arteria segmenti anterioris inferioris renis, artery of anterior {inferior segment of kidney}. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artery of anterior superior segment of kidney | Origin, anterior branch of renal. See: segmental arteries of kidney. Synonym: arteria segmenti anterioris superioris renis, artery of anterior {superior segment of kidney}. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artery of bernasconi and cassinari | <radiology> Tentorial artery, first branch of meningohypophyseal trunk (branch from juxtasellar ICA), can indicate pathology such as: meningioma, fistula, AVM (12 Dec 1998) |
| artery of bulb of penis | A branch of the internal pudendal artery which supplies the bulb of the penis including the bulbar urethra. Synonym: arteria bulbi penis, arteria bulbi urethrae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artery of bulb of vestibule | The branch of the internal pudendal artery in the female that supplies the bulb of the vestibule. Synonym: arteria bulbi vestibuli, arteria bulbi vaginae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artery of calf | <anatomy, artery> One of four or five arteries arising (sometimes by a common trunk) from the popliteal; distribution, muscles and integument of the calf; anastomoses, posterior tibial, medial, and lateral inferior genicular. Synonym: arteria suralis, artery of calf. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artery of caudate lobe | Origin, left branch of proper hepatic; distribution, caudate lobe of the liver. Synonym: arteria lobi caudati. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artery of central sulcus | <anatomy, artery> A branch of the terminal part of the middle cerebral artery distributed to the cortex on either side of the central sulcus. Synonym: arteria sulci centralis, artery of central sulcus, central artery, Rolandic artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artery of Drummond | Artery formed by anastomoses between the right and left colic artery's; it passes downward from the left colic flexure to the aboral end of the pelvic colon. Synonym: artery of Drummond, Riolan's arc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artery of ductus deferens | Origin, anterior division of internal iliac, or sometimes superior vesical; distribution, ductus deferens, seminal vesicles, testicle, ureter; anastomoses, testicular, cremasteric arteries. Synonym: arteria ductus deferentis, arteria deferentialis, deferential artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artery of Heubner | <anatomy, artery> Arises at or just distal to the anterior communicating artery; distribution: anterior caudate and putamen and anterior limb of internal capsule. Synonym: arteria centralis longa, arteria recurrens, artery of Heubner, long central artery, recurrent artery of Heubner, recurrent artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artery of inferior segment of kidney | Origin, anterior branch of renal. See: segmental arteries of kidney. Synonym: arteria segmenti inferioris renis, artery of inferior segment of kidney. (05 Mar 2000) |