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anterior: Encyclopedia II - Appendicitis - Diagnosis

Diagnosis is based on history and physical examination backed by blood tests and imaging. The classical physical finding in appendicitis is diffuse pain in the umbilical region which can become localised at McBurney's point if the inflammed appendix comes into contact with the parietal peritoneum. This point is located on the right-hand side of the abdomen one-third of the distance between the an ...

anterior: Encyclopedia - Conjunctivitis

Conjunctivitis (commonly called "pinkeye") is an inflammation of the conjunctiva (the outermost layer of the eye and the inner surface of the eyelids), often due to infection. There are three common varieties of conjunctivitis, viral, allergic, and bacterial. Other causes of conjunctivitis include thermal and ultraviolet burns, chemicals, toxins, overuse of contact lenses, foreign bodies, vitamin deficiency, dry eye, dryness due to inadequate lid closure, exposure to chickens infected with Newcastle disease, epithelial dysplasia (pre-cancerous changes), and ...

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Conjunctivitis - Differential diagnosis

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Conjunctivitis - Treatment and management

anterior: Encyclopedia - Infant

The word infant derives from the Latin word in-fans, meaning "unable to speak". It is commonly used as a slightly more formal word for baby (the youngest category of child). The term infant is also used as formal/legal term for minor; that is, a child in general. A newborn infant is known as a neonate (neonatal, neonatus) after the final stage of gestation throughout the first three months. A human infant which is less than 28 days old is a newborn. The term can technically also apply to prema ...

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Infant - The newborn's appearance

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Infant - Infant mortality

Infant - Feeding and lifestyle

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anterior: Encyclopedia - Ankylosing spondylitis

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic, progressive inflammatory arthritis primarily affecting spine and sacroiliac joints, causing eventual fusion of the spine; it is a member of the group of the spondylarthropathies. Complete fusion results in a complete rigidity of the spine, a condition known as bamboo spine. Treatment is with physiotherapy and medication. Some cases remain mild, while other result in marked disability. Ankylosing spondylitis - Signs and symptoms. The typical patient is ...

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Ankylosing spondylitis - Signs and symptoms

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Ankylosing spondylitis - Epidemiology

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Ankylosing spondylitis - Famous patients

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anterior: Encyclopedia - Tongue

The tongue is the large bundle of muscles on the floor of the mouth that manipulates food for chewing and swallowing. It is one of the organs of taste. Much of the surface of the tongue is covered in taste buds. The tongue assists in forming the sounds of speech. The word tongue can be used as a synonym for language, e.g., as in the phrase mother tongue. It is also examined and observed diagnostically in traditional Chinese medicine. The tongue is made mainly of skeletal muscle and attached to the hyoid bone, mandible an ...

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Tongue - Intrinsic muscles of the tongue

Tongue - White tongue

Tongue - Secondary Uses

Tongue - Tongue Rolling

Tongue - As a Food

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anterior: Encyclopedia - Liver

The liver is an organ in vertebrates, including humans. It plays a major role in metabolism and has a number of functions in the body including drug detoxification, glycogen storage, and plasma protein synthesis. It also produces bile, which is important for digestion. Medical terms related to the liver often start in hepato- or hepatic from the Greek word for liver, hepar. Liver - Anatomy. The adult human liver normally weighs between 1.0 - 2.5 kilograms, and is a soft, pinkish-brown " ...

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Liver - Anatomy

Liver - Surface anatomy

Liver - Functional anatomy

Liver - Physiology

Liver - Diseases of the liver

Liver - Liver transplantation

Liver - Development

Liver - Fetal blood supply

Liver - Analogous organs

Liver - Liver as food

Liver - Cultural allusions

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anterior: Encyclopedia - Acanthocephala

Palaeacanthocephala Eoacanthocephala The Acanthocephala (gr. Acanthus - thorn Kephale - head) is a phylum of parasitic worms, characterised by the presence of an evertable proboscis, armed with spines, which it uses to pierce and hold the gut wall of its host. Acanthocephalans typically have complex life cycles, involving a number of hosts, including invertebrates, fishes, amphibians, birds, and mammals. About 850 species have been described. Acanthocephala - Morpho ...

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Acanthocephala - Morphological Characteristics

Acanthocephala - Digestion

Acanthocephala - Proboscis

Acanthocephala - Phylogenetic Relationships

Acanthocephala - Size

Acanthocephala - Skin

Acanthocephala - Nervous System

Acanthocephala - Sex

Acanthocephala - Other Features

Acanthocephala - Life Cycles

Acanthocephala - General Patterns

Acanthocephala - An example - Polymorphus spp.

anterior: Encyclopedia - Carotid artery

In human anatomy, the carotid artery refers to a number of major arteries in the head and neck. Carotid artery can mean: Common carotid artery External carotid artery Internal carotid artery There are two carotid arteries, one on the left and one on the right. From their origins and for about half their length, the carotid arteries are known as common carotid arteries. The left carotid arises from the arch of the aorta, while the right carotid arises as one of the branc ...

anterior: Encyclopedia - Thymus

In human anatomy, the thymus is a ductless gland located in the upper anterior portion of the chest cavity. It is most active during puberty, after which it shrinks in size and activity in most individuals and is replaced with fat. The thymus plays an important role in the development of the immune system in early life, and its cells form a part of the body's normal immune system. The thymus is also present in many other animals. When animal thymus tissue is sold in a butcher shop or at a meat counter, thymus is known as sweetb ...

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anterior: Encyclopedia II - Thymus - Structure

Each lateral lobe is composed of numerous lobules held together by delicate areolar tissue; the entire gland being enclosed in an investing capsule of a similar but denser structure. The primary lobules vary in size from that of a pin's head to that of a small pea, and are made up of a number of small nodules or follicles, which are irregular in shape and are more or less fused together, especially toward the interior of the gland. Each follicle is from 1 to 2 mm. in diameter and consists of a medullary and a cortical portion, and these diff ...

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Ulnar artery - Branches

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anterior: Encyclopedia - Cricoid

The cricoid cartilage, or simply cricoid, is the only complete ring of cartilage around the trachea. It sits just inferior to the thyroid cartilage in the neck, and is joined to it medially by the median cricothyroid ligament and postero-laterally by the cricothyroid joints. Inferior to it are the rings of cartilage around the trachea (which are not continuous - rather they are C-shaped with a gap posteriorly). The cricoid is joined to the first tracheal ring by the cricotracheal ligament, and this can be felt as a more yielding area between ...

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anterior: Encyclopedia - Celiac artery

The celiac artery, also known as the celiac trunk, is the first major branch of the abdominal aorta. It supplies oxygenated blood to the liver, stomach, spleen, duodenum and the pancreas. Shortly after its formation, the celiac artery divides into the: left gastric artery, common hepatic artery and splenic artery. The celiac artery is the only major artery nourishing the abdominal digestive organs that does not have a similarly named vein (i.e. the superior mesenteric a ...

anterior: Encyclopedia - Coronary circulation

The coronary circulation consists of the blood vessels that supply blood to, and remove blood from, the heart. The vessels that supply blood high in oxygen to the heart are known as coronary arteries. The vessels that remove the deoxygenated blood from the heart are known as cardiac veins. The coronary arteries that run on the surface of the heart are called epicardial coronary arteries. These arteries, when healthy, are capable of autoregulation to maintain coronary blood flow at levels appropriate to the needs of the heart mu ...