| APV | abnormal posterior vector |
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| CPC | central posterior curve; cerebellar Purkinje cell; cerebral palsy clinic; cerebral performance categ... |
| EPA | eicosapentaenoic acid; empiric phrase association; Environmental Protection Agency; erect posterior-... |
| FDP | fibrin degradation product; fibrinogen degradation product; flexor digitorum profundus; frontodextra... |
| FLP | left frontoposterior [position of the fetus] [Lat. fronto-laeva posterior]; functional limitations p... |
| ramus superficialis arteriae plantaris medialis | <anatomy, artery> Gives rise to superficial digital arteries of medial three toes. Synonym: ramus superficialis arteriae plantaris medialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ramus suprahyoideus arteriae lingualis | <anatomy, artery> Branch of lingual artery which runs along hyoid bone; anastomosis: infrahyoid branch of superior thyroid artery and across midline with its contralateral partner. Synonym: ramus suprahyoideus arteriae lingualis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus tonsillaris arteriae facialis | <anatomy, artery> Primary blood supply to palatine tonsil, with extensive anastomoses with other tonsillar arteries. Synonym: ramus tonsillaris arteriae facialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus transversus arteriae circumflexae femoris lateralis | Transverse branches of lateral femoral circumflex artery. See: transverse branches. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus transversus arteriae circumflexae femoris medialis | Transverse branches of medial femoral circumflex artery See: transverse branches. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus tubarius arteriae uterinae | <anatomy, artery> Terminal branch of uterine artery (with ovarian branch) supplying medial portion of uterine tube, anastomosing with tubal branch of ovarian artery. Synonym: ramus tubarius arteriae uterinae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capsula fibrosa glandulae thyroideae | The fibrous sheath of the thyroid gland. Synonym: capsula fibrosa glandulae thyroideae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus levator glandulae thyroideae | A fasciculus occasionally passing from the thyrohyoid muscle to the isthmus of the thyroid gland. Synonym: musculus levator glandulae thyroideae, elevator muscle of thyroid gland, Soemmerring's muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cornu inferius cartilaginis thyroideae | One of the pair of downward prolongations at the back of the thyroid cartilage; it articulates on each side with the cricoid cartilage. Synonym: cornu inferius cartilaginis thyroideae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cornu superius cartilaginis thyroideae | One of the pair of upward prolongations from the thyroid cartilage to which the lateral hyothyroid ligament attaches. Synonym: cornu superius cartilaginis thyroideae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stroma glandulae thyroideae | The connective tissue that supports the lobules and follicles of the thyroid gland. Synonym: stroma glandulae thyroideae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| isthmus glandulae thyroideae | The central part of the thyroid gland joining the two lateral lobes. Synonym: isthmus glandulae thyroideae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lamina cartilaginis thyroideae | One of the paired (dextra et sinistra) thin quadrilateral plates of the thyroid cartilage that are joined anteriorly and form an open angle posteriorly. Synonym: lamina cartilaginis thyroideae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| folliculi glandulae thyroideae | <physiology> The small spherical vesicular components of the thyroid gland lined with epithelium and containing colloid in varying amounts. The colloid serves for storage of the thyroid hormone precursor, thyroglobulin. Synonym: follicles of thyroid gland. Origin: L. A small sac, dim. Of follis, bellows (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobi glandulae thyroideae | The two major divisions of the gland lying on the right and left side of the trachea and connected by the isthmus. A smaller pyramidal lobe is frequently present as an upward extension from the isthmus. Synonym: lobi glandulae thyroideae. (05 Mar 2000) |