| TFA | total fatty acids; transverse fascicular area; triangular fibrocartilage; trifluoroacetic acid |
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| TFCC | triangular fibrocartilage complex |
| TFC | Triangular fibrocartilage |
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| TFCC | Triangular fibrocartilage complex |
| basilar fibrocartilage | The cartilage filling the foramen lacerum. Synonym: basilar fibrocartilage, fibrocartilago basalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| circumferential fibrocartilage | A ring of fibrocartilage around the articular end of a bone, serving to deepen the joint cavity. See: acetabular labrum, glenoid labrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semilunar fibrocartilage | See: lateral meniscus, medial meniscus. Stratiform fibrocartilage, a layer of fibrocartilage in the bottom of a groove in a bone through which a tendon runs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interarticular fibrocartilage | A plate or ring of fibrocartilage attached to the joint capsule and separating the articular surfaces of the bones for a varying distance, sometimes completely; it serves to adapt two articular surfaces that are not entirely congruent. Synonym: discus articularis, articular disk, fibrocartilago interarticularis, fibroplate, interarticular fibrocartilage, intra-articular cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal semilunar fibrocartilage of knee joint | <anatomy> A flat disc-shaped ligament which stabilises and supports the inner aspect of the knee joint. Commonly injured in knee sprains. (27 Sep 1997) |
| external semilunar fibrocartilage | A flat disc-shaped ligament which stabilises and supports the outer aspect of the knee joint. Not as commonly injured as the medical meniscus ligament in knee sprains. (27 Sep 1997) |
| fibrocartilage | <anatomy> A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure. Fibrocartilag"inous. Origin: L. Fibra a fibre + E. Cartilage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spongy | 1. Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones. 2. Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy. "Spongy April." 3. Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge. <chemistry> Spongy lead, sponge lead. See Sponge. Spongy platinum. See Platinum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spongy body of penis | The median column of erectile tissue located between and ventral to the two corpora cavernosa penis; posteriorly it expands into the bulbus penis and anteriorly it terminates as the enlarged glans penis; it is traversed by the urethra. Synonym: corpus cavernosum urethrae, spongy body of penis. Corpus spongiosum urethrae muliebris, the submucous coat of the female urethra, containing a venous network that insinuates itself between the muscular layers, giving to them an erectile nature. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spongy bone | A turbinated bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spongy degeneration | <radiology> (Canavan disease) dysmyelinating disease, autosomal recessive, onset at 2 - 9 months, megalencephaly, (Alexander disease only other degenerative neurological disease in infants with big head!), blindness with or without deafness, hypotonia may lead to spasticity, Diagnosis: brain biopsy, centrum semiovale most severely affected (12 Dec 1998) |
| spongy degeneration of infancy | Autosomal recessive degenerative disease of infancy; mostly in Jewish infants; onset typically within first 3-4 months of birth, consisting of blindness, psychomotor regression, enlarged head, optic atrophy, hypotonia, spasticity, increased N-acetylaspartic acid urinary excretion. MRI shows enlarged brain, decreased attenuation of cerebral and cerebellar white matter, and normal ventricles. Pathologically, there is increased brain volume and weight, and spongy degeneration in the subcortical white matter. See: leukodystrophy. Synonym: Canavan's sclerosis, Canavan-van Bogaert-Bertrand disease, spongy degeneration of infancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spongy parenchyma | Tissue usually found in the lower part of the leaf mesophyll. Consists of irregularly shaped, photosynthetic parenchyma cells, separated by large air spaces. (18 Nov 1997) |
| spongy part of the male urethra | The portion of the male urethra, about 15 cm in length, which traverses the corpus spongiosum. Synonym: pars spongiosa urethrae masculinae, pars cavernosa, penile urethra, spongy part of the male urethra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spongy spot | An area in the external acoustic meatus where a number of minute blood vessels enter from the mastoid bone. Synonym: spongy spot, zona vasculosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
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