| OPL | other party liability; outer plexiform layer; ovine placental lactogen |
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| PL | palmaris longus; pancreatic lipase; perception of light; peroneus longus; phospholipase; phospholipi... |
| PLB | parietal lobe battery; phospholamban; phospholipase B; porous layer bead |
| PTLC | precipitation thin-layer chromatography |
| Rf | in paper or thin-layer chromatography, the distance that a spot of a substance has moved from the po... |
| buccopharyngeal fascia | The fascia that covers the muscular layer of the pharynx and is continued forward onto the buccinator muscle. Synonym: fascia buccopharyngea. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Buck's fascia | A deep layer which surrounds the three erectile bodies of the penis. Synonym: Buck's fascia, fascia penis profunda. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Camper's fascia | The more superficial, fatty part of the superficial fascia of the lower anterior abdominal wall. Synonym: fatty layer of superficial fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palmar fascia | The thickened, central portion of the fascia ensheathing the hand; it radiates toward the bases of the fingers from the tendon of the palmaris longus muscle. Synonym: aponeurosis palmaris, Dupuytren's fascia, palmar fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vastoadductor fascia | Dense fascial triangle extending from the inferior medial border of the adductor magnus muscle to the vastus medialis muscle. Along with the sartorius muscle, this dense fascia forms the roof of the lower 1/2 of the adductor canal and, as the femoral vessels pass deep to it, is often mistaken for the adductor hiatus. Synonym: vastoadductor fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parietal pelvic fascia | Including the obturator fascia, covers the muscles that pass from the interior of the pelvis to the thigh. Synonym: fascia pelvis parietalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gerota's fascia | The condensation of the fibroareolar tissue and fat surrounding the kidney to form a sheath for the organ. Synonym: fascia renalis, Gerota's capsule, Gerota's fascia, perirenal fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| masseteric fascia | The fascia that covers the lateral surface of the masseter muscle. Synonym: fascia masseterica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rectovesical fascia | A fascial layer that extends superiorly from the central tendon of the perineum to the peritoneum between the prostate and rectum. Synonym: septum rectovesicale, Denonvilliers' aponeurosis, rectovesical fascia, Tyrrell's fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parotideomasseteric fascia | A dense membrane covering both the lateral and medial surfaces of the parotid gland, continuous anteriorly with the fascia covering the masseter muscle. See: parotid fascia, masseteric fascia. Synonym: fascia parotideomasseterica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parotid fascia | The part of the investing cervical fascia that ensheaths the parotid gland and is fixed above to the zygomatic arch. Synonym: fascia parotidea, fibrous capsule of parotid gland, parotid sheath. (05 Mar 2000) |
| visceral pelvic fascia | Covers the pelvic organs and surrounds vessels and nerves in the subperitoneal space. Synonym: endopelvic fascia, fascia pelvis visceralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| renal fascia | The condensation of the fibroareolar tissue and fat surrounding the kidney to form a sheath for the organ. Synonym: fascia renalis, Gerota's capsule, Gerota's fascia, perirenal fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pectoral fascia | The fascia that covers the pectoralis major muscle; it is attached to the sternum and to the clavicle; laterally and below it is continuous with the fascia of the shoulder, axilla, and thorax. Synonym: fascia pectoralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvic fascia | It includes parietal and visceral components: fascia pelvis parietalis and fascia pelvis visceralis. Synonym: fascia pelvis. (05 Mar 2000) |