| MT | magnetization transfer; malaria therapy; malignant teratoma; mammary tumor; mammilothalamic tract; m... |
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| MTA | malignant teratoma, anaplastic; medical technical assistant; medical technology assessment; metatars... |
| MTI | malignant teratoma, intermediate; minimum time interval; moving target indicator |
| MTT | malignant teratoma, trophoblastic; maximal treadmill test; meal tolerance test; mean transit time; m... |
| MTU | malignant teratoma, undifferentiated; medical therapy unit; methylthiouracil |
| collum glandis penis | A constriction behind the corona glandis of the penis. Synonym: collum glandis penis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| compressor venae dorsalis penis | A variation of the bulbospongiosus muscle in which some fibres pass dorsal to the dorsal vein of the penis; thought at one time to be an important component in the mechanism of erection. Synonym: Houston's muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| concealed penis | Usually a complication of circumcision wherein the anastomotic line between shaft skin and preputial collar closes like an iris or cicatrix over glans (some equate this to buried penis). (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus erector penis | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, ramus of ischium; insertion, corpus cavernosum penis (or clitoridis); action, compresses the crus of the penis (or clitoris) forcing blood in its sinuses into the distal part of the corpus cavernosum; nerve supply, perineal. Synonym: musculus ischiocavernosus, musculus erector clitoridis, musculus erector penis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corona of glans penis | The prominent posterior border of the glans penis. Synonym: corona glandis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corpus cavernosum penis | One of two parallel columns of erectile tissue forming the dorsal part of the body of the penis; they are separated posteriorly, forming the crura of the penis. Synonym: cavernous body of penis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corpus penis | The free pendulous portion of the penis, consisting of shaft and glans penis. Synonym: corpus penis, scapus penis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corpus spongiosum penis | The median column of erectile tissue located between and ventral to the two corpora cavernosa penis; posteriorly it expands into the bulbus penis and anteriorly it terminates as the enlarged glans penis; it is traversed by the urethra. Synonym: corpus cavernosum urethrae, spongy body of penis. Corpus spongiosum urethrae muliebris, the submucous coat of the female urethra, containing a venous network that insinuates itself between the muscular layers, giving to them an erectile nature. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crus corporis cavernosi penis | The posterior, tapering portion of the corpus cavernosum penis which diverges from its contralateral partner to be attached to the ischiopubic ramus. Synonym: crus penis, crus corporis cavernosi penis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crus of penis | The posterior, tapering portion of the corpus cavernosum penis which diverges from its contralateral partner to be attached to the ischiopubic ramus. Synonym: crus penis, crus corporis cavernosi penis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crus penis | The posterior, tapering portion of the corpus cavernosum penis which diverges from its contralateral partner to be attached to the ischiopubic ramus. Synonym: crus penis, crus corporis cavernosi penis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| helicine arteries of the penis | The coiled terminal branches of the deep and dorsal arteries of the penis. Parasympathetic stimulation causes them to uncoil, allowing blood at arterial pressure to fill the cavernous tissue causing erection. Synonym: arteriae helicinae penis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hemisphere of bulb of penis | One of the lateral halves of the bulb of the penis that are separated by a median groove on the posterior part of the undersurface. Synonym: hemispherium bulbi urethrae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scapus penis | The free pendulous portion of the penis, consisting of shaft and glans penis. Synonym: corpus penis, scapus penis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| septum of glans penis | A fibrous partition extending through the glans penis from the lower surface of the tunica albuginea to the urethra. Synonym: septum glandis. (05 Mar 2000) |