| CPM | circumference of papillary muscle |
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| CTM | cardiotachometer; Chlortrimeton; cricothyroid muscle; computed tomographic myelography |
| DMC | demeclocycline; di(p-chlorophenyl)methylcarbinol; direct microscopic count; duration of muscle contr... |
| DMR | depolarizing muscle relaxant; Diploma in Medical Radiology |
| ECM | electronic claims management; embryonic chick muscle; erythema chronicum migrans; experimental cereb... |
| papillary muscle dysfunction | Impaired function of a papillary muscle, usually due to ischemia or infarction, with resulting incompetence of the mitral valve. Synonym: papillary muscle syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| papillary muscle syndrome | Impaired function of a papillary muscle, usually due to ischemia or infarction, with resulting incompetence of the mitral valve. Synonym: papillary muscle syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gavard's muscle | <anatomy> Oblique fibres in the muscular coat of the stomach. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventral sacrococcygeal muscle | <anatomy> An inconstant muscle on the pelvic surfaces of the sacrum and coccyx, the remains of a portion of the tail musculature of lower animals. Synonym: musculus sacrococcygeus ventralis, musculus sacrococcygeus anterior, ventral sacrococcygeal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventral sacrococcygeus muscle | <anatomy> An inconstant muscle on the pelvic surfaces of the sacrum and coccyx, the remains of a portion of the tail musculature of lower animals. Synonym: musculus sacrococcygeus ventralis, musculus sacrococcygeus anterior, ventral sacrococcygeal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Marcacci's muscle | <anatomy> A sheet of smooth muscle fibres underlying the areola and nipple of the mammary gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genioglossal muscle | <anatomy> One of the paired lingual muscles; origin, mental spine of the mandible; insertion, lingual fascia beneath the mucous membrane and epiglottis; action, depresses and protrudes the tongue; nerve supply, hypoglossal. Synonym: musculus genioglossus, genioglossal muscle, genioglossus, musculus geniohyoglossus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genioglossus muscle | <anatomy> One of the paired lingual muscles; origin, mental spine of the mandible; insertion, lingual fascia beneath the mucous membrane and epiglottis; action, depresses and protrudes the tongue; nerve supply, hypoglossal. Synonym: musculus genioglossus, genioglossal muscle, genioglossus, musculus geniohyoglossus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marginal part of orbicularis oris muscle | <anatomy> The part of the orbicularis oris muscle located in the margin of the lips, i.e., the red area. Synonym: pars marginalis musculi orbicularis oris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vertical muscle of tongue | An intrinsic muscle of the tongue, consisting of fibres that pass from the aponeurosis of the dorsum to the aponeurosis of the inferior surface; action, decreases the superior to inferior dimension of (flattens) the tongue; nerve supply, hypoglossal for motor, lingual for sensory. Synonym: musculus verticalis linguae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rectococcygeal muscle | <anatomy> A band of smooth muscle fibres passing from the posterior surface of the rectum to the anterior surface of second or third coccygeal segment. Synonym: musculus rectococcygeus, rectococcygeal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rectococcygeus muscle | <anatomy> A band of smooth muscle fibres passing from the posterior surface of the rectum to the anterior surface of second or third coccygeal segment. Synonym: musculus rectococcygeus, rectococcygeal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rectourethralis muscle | <anatomy> Smooth muscle fibres that pass forward from the longitudinal muscle layer of the rectum to the membranous urethra in the male. Synonym: musculus rectourethralis, rectourethral muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rectourethral muscle | <anatomy> Smooth muscle fibres that pass forward from the longitudinal muscle layer of the rectum to the membranous urethra in the male. Synonym: musculus rectourethralis, rectourethral muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| masseter muscle | <anatomy> A masticatory muscle whose action is closing the jaws. (12 Dec 1998) |