| nervus splanchnicus minor | <anatomy, nerve> One of the abdominopelvic splanchnic nerves arising in the thorax from the last two thoracic sympathetic ganglia and passing through the diaphragm to the aorticorenal ganglion; conveys presynaptic sympathetic fibres and visceral afferent fibres. Synonym: nervus splanchnicus minor. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| subcoracoid-pectoralis minor tendon syndrome | <syndrome> Pain running down the arm, numbness, paresthesias, and erythema, with weakness of the hands; due to abduction of the arm for a prolonged period (e.g., during sleep or necessitated by occupation) which stretches the axillary vessels and the nerves of the brachial plexus. Synonym: subcoracoid-pectoralis minor tendon syndrome, Wright's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surgical procedures, minor | Surgery restricted to the management of minor problems and injuries; surgical procedures of relatively slight extent and not in itself hazardous to life. (12 Dec 1998) |
| iliacus minor | <anatomy, muscle> The fibres of the iliacus arising from the anterior inferior iliac spine and inserted into the iliofemoral ligament, sometimes distinctly separate from the rest of the muscle. Synonym: musculus iliacus minor, musculus iliocapsularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisura ischiadica minor | The notch in the posterior border of the ischium below the ischial spine. Synonym: incisura ischiadica minor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ito, Minor | <person> 20th century Japanese dermatologist. See: Ito's nevus, hypomelanosis of Ito. (05 Mar 2000) |
| teres minor | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, upper two-thirds of the lateral border of scapula; insertion, lower facet of greater tuberosity of humerus; action, adducts arm and rotates it laterally; nerve supply, axillary (fifth and sixth cervical spinal nerves). Synonym: musculus teres minor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trochanter minor | A pyramidal process projecting from the medial and proximal part of the shaft of the femur at the line of junction of the shaft and the neck; it receives the insertion of the psoas major and iliacus (iliopsoas) muscles. Synonym: trochanter minor, small trochanter, trochantin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| justo minor | See: pelvis justo minor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zygomaticus minor | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, zygomatic bone posterior to zygomaticomaxillary suture; insertion, orbicularis oris of upper lip; action, draws upper lip upward and outward; nerve supply, facial. Synonym: musculus zygomaticus minor, caput zygomaticum quadrati labii superioris, lesser zygomatic muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forceps minor | Frontal radiation of the corpus callosum; that part of the fibre radiation of the corpus callosum which bends forward toward the frontal pole of the cerebrum. Synonym: forceps minor, forceps anterior, frontal part of corpus callosum, pars frontalis corporis callosi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fossa supraclavicularis minor | A triangular space between the two heads of origin of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Synonym: fossa supraclavicularis minor. (05 Mar 2000) |