The adjective trakheia, "rough," entered modern English as trachea, the current medical term for the windpipe. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing ...
carry blood and only the windpipe and bronchial tubes carry air. To specify the windpipe, they coined the phraseartēriā trakheia,"rough artery," referring to its rough cartilaginous structure. The adjectivetrakheia,"rough," entered modern English astrachea,the current medical term for the ...
or surgery in forms of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTCA) and / orcoronary artery bypassgraft (CABG) must be consideredMedically Necessarybya registeredcardiologist and such have been performed. Anyother formsof coronary artery intervention and surgery are excluded from this definition herein. ...
Pronator teres syndrome: it refers to the compression of the median nerve between the 2 heads of the pronator teres muscle, but this term is usually used to describe median nerve compression at the elbow, proximal to the anterior interosseous nerve origin [31]. Clinically, it presents as vague...
Caffeine can bring on the jitters, but there is no evidence that it can cause long-term hypertension. However, a caffeinated beverage might bring on a temporary rise in blood pressure. It is possible that caffeine could block a hormone that helps keep arteries widened, which causes blood press...
Ancient Greeks were familiar with the importance of carotid arteries. In the fourth century BCE, Hippocrates gave the correct definition of the termapoplexy—“to strike down”, along with description of stroke and its symptoms. He also concluded that carotidartery lesionsmay lead tocontralateralhemi...
The effect of long- and short-term corticosteroids on plasma calcitonin and parathyroid hormone levels. The role of calcitonin and parathyroid hormone (PTH) in corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis is controversial. We therefore measured plasma calcitonin and P... AT Hattersley,K Meeran,J Burrin,......
Autogenous arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) have been recognized as the primary long-term dialysis access for patients with end-stage renal failure, as recommended by the National Kidney Foundation Kidney Dialysis Outcomes Quality Initiative Clinical Practice Guidelines [1]. AVFs offer better patency, lowe...
carry blood and only the windpipe and bronchial tubes carry air. To specify the windpipe, they coined the phraseartēriā trakheia,"rough artery," referring to its rough cartilaginous structure. The adjectivetrakheia,"rough," entered modern English astrachea,the current medical term for the ...
carry blood and only the windpipe and bronchial tubes carry air. To specify the windpipe, they coined the phraseartēriā trakheia,"rough artery," referring to its rough cartilaginous structure. The adjectivetrakheia,"rough," entered modern English astrachea,the current medical term for the ...