| MCAS | middle cerebral artery syndrome |
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| MCAT | medical college admission test; middle cerebral artery thrombosis |
| ME | macular edema; malic enzyme; manic episode; maximum effort; median eminence; medical education; medi... |
| MEE | measured energy expenditure; methylethyl ether; middle ear effusion; multilocus enzyme electrophores... |
| MEF | maximal expiratory flow; middle ear fluid; midexpiratory flow; migration enhancement factor; mouse e... |
| middle temporal sulcus | The sulcus between the middle temporal gyrus and inferior temporal gyrus. Synonym: sulcus temporalis medius. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| middle temporal vein | <anatomy, vein> It arises near the lateral angle of the eye and joins the superficial temporal veins to form the retromandibular vein. Synonym: vena temporalis media. (05 Mar 2000) |
| middle thyroid vein | <anatomy, vein> It passes from the thyroid gland across the common carotid artery with the inferior thyroid arteries to empty into the internal jugular vein. Synonym: vena thyroidea media. (05 Mar 2000) |
| middle transverse rectal fold | See: transverse rectal folds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| middle trunk of brachial plexus | The continuation of the ventral ramus of the seventh cervical nerve; it contributes fibres to the posterior and lateral cords (fasciculi) of the brachial plexus. Synonym: truncus medius plexus brachialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| middle turbinated bone | The middle thin, spongy, bony plate with curved margins, part of the ethmoidal labyrinth, projecting from the lateral wall of the nasal cavity and separating the superior meatus from the middle meatus, the above bony plate and its thick mucoperiosteum containing a cavernous vascular bed for heat exchange. Synonym: concha nasalis media, middle turbinated bone, turbinated body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plexus of middle cerebral artery | <anatomy, artery> An autonomic plexus accompanying the middle cerebral artery, derived from the internal carotid plexus. Synonym: plexus arteriae cerebri mediae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cortical part of middle cerebral artery | <anatomy, artery> See: middle cerebral artery. Synonym: pars corticalis arteriae cerebralis mediae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior wall of middle ear | It contains the opening into the mastoid antrum. Synonym: paries mastoideus cavi tympani, mastoid wall of middle ear, posterior wall of middle ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypothalamus, middle | That middle portion of the hypothalamus containing the arcuate, dorsomedial, and ventromedial nuclei, and the lateral hypothalamic area. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sphenoidal part of middle cerebral artery | sphenoidal part of middle cerebral artery |
| sulcus for middle temporal artery | <anatomy, artery> A vertical groove located above the external acoustic meatus on the external surface of the squamous part of the temporal bone. Synonym: sulcus arteriae temporalis mediae, sulcus for middle temporal artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superficial middle cerebral vein | <anatomy, vein> A large vein passing along the line of the sylvian fissure to join the cavernous sinus; it communicates with the superior sagittal sinus and transverse sinus via the superior and inferior anastomotic veins, respectively. Synonym: vena cerebri media superficialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep middle cerebral vein | <anatomy, vein> The vein that accompanies the middle cerebral artery in the depths of the lateral sulcus and empties into the basal vein of Rosenthal. Synonym: vena cerebri media profunda. (05 Mar 2000) |
| insular part of middle cerebral artery | insular part of middle cerebral artery |