| AAU | acute anterior uveitis |
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| AAW | anterior aortic wall |
| A/C | albumin/coagulin [ratio]; anterior chamber of eye; assist control [ventilation] |
| ac | acceleration; acetyl; acid; acromioclavicular; acute; alternating current; antecubital; anterior cha... |
| ACC | accommodation; acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase; acinic cell carcinoma; acute care center; adenoid cyst... |
| lamina perpendicularis ossis ethmoidalis | A thin plate of bone projecting downward from the crista galli of the ethmoid; it forms part of the nasal septum. Synonym: lamina perpendicularis ossis ethmoidalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| lamina perpendicularis ossis palatini | The part of the palatine bone that extends vertically upward from the horizontal lamina; it forms part of the lateral wall of the nasal cavity. Synonym: lamina perpendicularis ossis palatini. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lamina posterior vaginae musculi recti abdominis | The portion of the sheath of the rectus abdominis muscle that lies posterior to the muscle covering only its upper two-thirds; it is formed by contributions from the aponeuroses of the internal oblique and transversus abdominis muscles; its free inferior margin forms the arcuate line; it is deficient below this, the posterior aspect of the muscle being covered only by transversalis fascia and peritoneum. Synonym: lamina posterior vaginae musculi recti abdominis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lamina pretrachealis | The layer of fascia investing the infrahyoid muscles and contributing to the formation of the carotid sheath. Synonym: lamina pretrachealis, middle cervical fascia, Porter's fascia, pretracheal layer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lamina prevertebralis | The part of the cervical fascia which covers the bodies of the cervical vertebrae and the muscles attaching to them and to the anterior parts of their transverse processes. Synonym: lamina prevertebralis, prevertebral layer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lamina profunda | In a stratified structure, the stratum which lies beneath all others, furthest from the surface. See: deep layer of levator palpebrae superioris muscle}, deep layer of temporalis fascia. Synonym: lamina profunda, deep lamina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lamina profunda fasciae temporalis | The deep part of the temporal fascia attaching to the medial surface of the zygomatic arch. Synonym: lamina profunda fasciae temporalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lamina profunda musculi levatoris palpebrae superioris | <anatomy> The deeper fibres of the levator muscle of the superior eyelid which are inserted into the superior tarsal plate. Synonym: lamina profunda musculi levatoris palpebrae superioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lamina propria | The layer of connective tissue underlying the epithelium of a mucous membrane. Synonym: lamina propria mucosae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lamina propria mucosae | The layer of connective tissue underlying the epithelium of a mucous membrane. Synonym: lamina propria mucosae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lamina propria of saemicircular duct | The meshwork of connective tissue fibres between the saemicircular duct and the bony saemicircular canal; it encloses the perilymph in its spaces. Synonym: membrana propria ductus saemicircularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lamina quadrigemina | The roofplate of the mesencephalon formed by the quadrigeminal bodies. Synonym: lamina tecti mesencephali, tectum mesencephali, lamina quadrigemina, quadrigeminal lamina, quadrigeminal plate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lamina rara | The relatively electron-lucent layer on either side of the lamina densa of the basement membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lamina rostralis | A whitish line appearing on perfectly median sections of the brain as a thin bridge connecting the rostrum of the corpus callosum with the lamina terminalis; the rostral lamina contains no commissural fibres; instead, it corresponds to the line along which the pia mater reflects from the medial surface of one hemisphere to that of the other. Synonym: lamina rostralis, rostral layer, teniola corporis callosi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lamina septi pellucidi | One of the two thin layers of the transparent septum, which extend from the corpus callosum to the fornix; often separated from each other by a space, the cavity of septum pellucidum. Synonym: lamina septi pellucidi. (05 Mar 2000) |