| HPA | Health Care Practice Act; Health Policy Agenda for the American People; health promotion advocates; ... |
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| HPAA | hydroperoxyarachidonic acid; hydroxyphenylacetic acid; hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis |
| HPAC | high-performance anion-exchange chromatography; hypothalamo-pituitary-adreno-cortical |
| hPFSH, HPFSH | human pituitary follicle-stimulating hormone |
| hPG, HPG | human pituitary gonadotropin |
| body of incus | The main part of the incus that articulates with the malleus and from which the short and long limbs arise. Synonym: corpus incudis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| body of ischium | The entire ischium with the exception of the ramus. Synonym: corpus ossis ischii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of mammary gland | The principal part of the breast, consisting of glandular tissue and its supporting fibrous tissue. It forms a conical mass converging toward the nipple and is surrounded by adipose tissue. Synonym: corpus mammae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of mandible | The heavy, U-shaped, horizontal portion of the mandible extending posteriorly to the angle where it is continuous with the ramus; it supports the lower teeth. Synonym: corpus mandibulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of maxilla | The central portion of the maxilla hollowed out by the maxillary sinus; it presents orbital, nasal, anterior, and infratemporal surfaces and supports four processes, frontal, zygomatic, palatine, and alveolar. Synonym: corpus maxillae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of nail | The exposed portion of the nail distal to its root. Synonym: corpus unguis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of pancreas | The part of the pancreas from the point where it crosses the portal vein to the point where it enters the lienorenal ligament. Synonym: corpus pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of penis | The free pendulous portion of the penis, consisting of shaft and glans penis. Synonym: corpus penis, scapus penis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of phalanx | The shaft of each phalanx of the hand or foot. Synonym: corpus phalangis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of pubis | The flattened medial portion of the pubic bone entering into the pubic symphysis. From it extend the superior and inferior rami. Synonym: corpus ossis pubis, pubic body, body of pubic bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of rib | The shaft of a rib; the portion which extends laterally, anteriorly, and then medially from the tubercle. Synonym: corpus costae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of sphenoid bone | The central portion of the sphenoid bone from which the greater and lesser wings and the pterygoid processes arise. The sphenoidal sinuses lie within it. Synonym: corpus ossis sphenoidalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of sternum | The middle and largest portion of the sternum, lying between the manubrium superiorly and the xiphoid process inferiorly. Synonym: corpus sterni, gladiolus, mesosternum, midsternum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of stomach | The part of the stomach that lies between the fundus above and the pyloric antrum below; its boundaries are poorly defined. Synonym: corpus gastricum [ventriculi]. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of sweat gland | The coiled tubular secretory portion of a sweat gland located in the subcutaneous tissue or deep in the corium and connected to the surface of the skin by a long duct. Synonym: corpus glandulae sudoriferae. (05 Mar 2000) |