| AK | above knee; acetate kinase; adenosine kinase; adenylate kinase; artificial kidney |
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| ALEC | artificial lung-expanding compound |
| ANN | artificial neural network |
| AP | accessory pathway; accounts payable; acid phosphatase; acinar parenchyma; action potential; active p... |
| APIVR | artificial pacemaker-induced ventricular rhythm |
| semilunar valve | <anatomy, cardiology> Refers to a type of valve, aortic or pulmonic valves. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| septal cusp of tricuspid valve | The leaflet of the tricuspid valve located adjacent to the interventricular septum. Synonym: cuspis septalis valvae atrioventricularis dextrae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyloric valve | <anatomy> The valve which opens to allow gastric contents to enter the duodenum. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Huschke's valve | A fold of mucous membrane guarding the lower opening of the nasolacrimal duct. Synonym: plica lacrimalis, Bianchi's valve, Hasner's fold, Hasner's valve, Huschke's valve, Rosenmuller's valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spiral valve of cystic duct | A series of crescentic folds of mucous membrane in the upper part of the cystic duct, arranged in a somewhat spiral manner. Synonym: plica spiralis ductus cystici, Amussat's valve, Heister's valve, spiral valve of cystic duct, valvula spiralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nasal valve | The variable aperture between the nasal septum and the moveable inferior margin of the lower lateral nasal cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Starr-Edwards valve | A cage and ball artificial cardiac valve with high reliability and durability. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nodule of semilunar valve | A nodule at the centre of the free border of each semilunar valve at the beginning of the pulmonary artery and aorta. Synonym: nodulus valvulae semilunaris, Arantius' nodule, Bianchi's nodule, corpus arantii, Morgagni's nodule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nonrebreathing valve | A type of valve that prevents mixture of inhaled and exhaled gases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sylvian valve | An endocardial fold extending from the anterior inferior margin of the inferior vena cava to the anterior part of the limbus fossa ovalis. Synonym: valvula venae cavae inferioris, caval valve, eustachian valve, sylvian valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| d valve | <mechanics> A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ileocaecal valve | The bilabial prominence of the terminal ileum into the large intestine at the caecocolic junction as seen in cadavers; in the living individual it appears as a truncated cone with a star-shaped orifice. Synonym: valva ileocaecalis, Bauhin's valve, ileocaecal eminence, ileocolic valve, Tulp's valve, Tulpius' valve, valve of Varolius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ileocolic valve | The bilabial prominence of the terminal ileum into the large intestine at the caecocolic junction as seen in cadavers; in the living individual it appears as a truncated cone with a star-shaped orifice. Synonym: valva ileocaecalis, Bauhin's valve, ileocaecal eminence, ileocolic valve, Tulp's valve, Tulpius' valve, valve of Varolius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| O'Beirne's valve | <anatomy> A circular band of muscular fibres at the recto sigmoid junction. Synonym: O'Beirne's sphincter, O'Beirne's valve, pelvirectal sphincter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tarin's valve | A thin sheet of white matter, hidden by the cerebellar tonsil, attached along the peduncle of the flocculus and, at and near the midline, to the nodulus of the vermis; it is continuous caudally with the epithelial lamina and choroid plexus of the fourth ventricle. Synonym: velum medullare inferius, posterior medullary velum, Tarin's valve, valvula semilunaris tarini, velum semilunare, velum tarini. (05 Mar 2000) |