| A&P | anterior and posterior; assessment and plans; auscultation and percussion |
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| APDER | anterior-posterior dual energy radiography |
| APV | abnormal posterior vector |
| CPC | central posterior curve; cerebellar Purkinje cell; cerebral palsy clinic; cerebral performance categ... |
| EPA | eicosapentaenoic acid; empiric phrase association; Environmental Protection Agency; erect posterior-... |
| musculophrenic veins | The veins that accompany the musculophrenic artery and drain blood from the upper abdominal wall, and anterior portions of the lower intercostal spaces and the diaphragm. Synonym: venae musculophrenicae. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pontine veins | Several veins running transversely on the pons to join the petrosal vein. Synonym: venae pontis, veins of pons. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhoidal veins | An obsolete term for rectal veins. See: inferior rectal veins, middle rectal veins, superior rectal vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cuvier's veins | The common cardinal vein's of the embryo. See: cardinal veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prefrontal veins | The superficial veins draining the prefrontal cerebral cortex and emptying into the superior sagittal sinus. Synonym: prefrontal veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacral veins | See: lateral sacral veins, median sacral vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saphenous veins | See: accessory saphenous vein, great saphenous vein, small saphenous vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sappey's veins | Several small veins arising from cutaneous veins about the umbilicus running along the round ligament of the liver, and terminating as accessory portal veins in the substance of this organ; they constitute a portocaval anastomosis and are subject to varicosity druign portal hypertension; varicose paraumbilical veins form the "caput medussae". Synonym: venae paraumbilicales, Sappey's veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hepatic veins | Veins which drain the liver. (12 Dec 1998) |
| scleral veins | Small veins draining the sclera; they are tributaries to the anterior ciliary veins. Synonym: venae sclerales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerosing of varicose veins | A procedure which involves the injection of a sclerosing agent (causes scarring) into varicose veins in the extremities. Sclerotherapy may also be performed in the oesophagus, using UGI endoscopy, in the treatment of oesophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis of the liver. (27 Sep 1997) |
| scrotal veins | See: anterior scrotal veins, posterior scrotal veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pudendal veins | See: external pudendal veins, internal pudendal vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmonary veins | The veins that return the oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. (12 Dec 1998) |
| short gastric veins | Small vessels that drain the fundus and left portion of the stomach wall and empty into the splenic vein. Synonym: venae gastricae breves. (05 Mar 2000) |