| ACF | accessory clinical findings; acute care facility; anterior cervical fusion; area correction factor; ... |
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| AChA | anterior choroidal artery |
| ACL | Achievement Check List; acromegaloid features, cutis verticis gyrata, corneal leukoma [syndrome]; an... |
| ACLR | anterior capsulolabral reconstruction |
| ACoA | anterior communicating artery |
| nasal part of frontal bone | Nasal portion of the frontal bone which lies between the two orbital parts anteriorly and forms part of the roof of the nasal cavity. Synonym: pars nasalis ossis frontalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| nasal part of pharynx | <anatomy> The portion of the pharynx extending from the posterior nares to the level of the soft palate. (27 Sep 1997) |
| sternal part of diaphragm | The small slip on each side that arises from the inner surface of the xiphoid process and inserts on the central tendon. Synonym: pars sternalis diaphragmatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sternocostal part of pectoralis major muscle | pars sternocostalis musculi pectoralis majoris, sternocostal head of pectoralis major |
| nervous part of retina | nervous part of retina |
| neural part of hypophysis | It is composed of the infundibulum and the nervous lobe of hypophysis. See: hypophysis. Synonym: lobus posterior hypophyseos, neural part of hypophysis, pars nervosa hypophyseos, posterior lobe of hypophysis. Origin: neuro-+ hypophysis (05 Mar 2000) |
| straight part of cricothyroid muscle | <anatomy> See: cricothyroid muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subcutaneous part of external anal sphincter | pars subcutanea musculi sphincteri ani externi, subcutaneous portion of external anal sphincter |
| sublenticular part of internal capsule | The part of the internal capsule below the caudal third of the lentiform nucleus that contains the auditory radiation as well as that part of the optic radiation representing the upper part of the contralateral half of the binocular visual field. Synonym: pars sublentiformis capsulae internae, sublenticular limb of internal capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suboccipital part of vertebral artery | <anatomy, artery> Paired arteries which supply the muscles of the neck, spinal cord and cerebellum. (27 Sep 1997) |
| superficial part of duodenum | See: duodenum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superficial part of external anal sphincter | superficial part of external anal sphincter |
| superficial part of masseter muscle | superficial part of masseter muscle |
| superficial part of parotid gland | superficial part of parotid gland |
| superior border of petrous part of temporal bone | The margin that separates the anterior and posterior surfaces of the petrous part of the temporal bone and the lateral part of the middle cranial fossa from the posterior cranial fossa. Synonym: margo superior partis petrosae ossis temporalis, crest of petrous part of temporal bone. (05 Mar 2000) |