Skull
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Skull. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Skull.
Sub-Categories
Terms
Alveolar Process - The thickest and spongiest part of the maxilla and mandible hollowed out into deep cavities for the ...
Chin - The anatomical frontal portion of the mandible, also known as the mentum, that contains the line of ...
Cranial Fontanelles - Any of six membrane-covered openings between the CRANIAL SUTURES in the incompletely ossified skull ...
Cranial Fossa, Anterior - The compartment containing the inferior part and anterior extremities of the frontal lobes (FRONTAL ...
Cranial Fossa, Middle - The compartment containing the anterior extremities and half the inferior surface of the temporal lo...
Cranial Fossa, Posterior - The infratentorial compartment that contains the CEREBELLUM and BRAIN STEM. It is formed by the post...
Cranial Sutures - A type of fibrous joint between bones of the head....
Ethmoid Bone - A light and spongy (pneumatized) bone that lies between the orbital part of FRONTAL BONE and the ant...
Facial Bones - The facial skeleton, consisting of bones situated between the cranial base and the mandibular region...
Frontal Bone - The bone that forms the frontal aspect of the skull. Its flat part forms the forehead, articulating ...
Jaw - Bony structure of the mouth that holds the teeth. It consists of the MANDIBLE and the MAXILLA....
Mandible - The largest and strongest bone of the FACE constituting the lower jaw. It supports the lower teeth....
Mandibular Condyle - The posterior process on the ramus of the mandible composed of two parts: a superior part, the artic...
Mastoid - The posterior part of the temporal bone. It is a projection of the petrous bone....
Maxilla - One of a pair of irregularly shaped bones that form the upper jaw. A maxillary bone provides tooth s...
Nasal Bone - Either one of the two small elongated rectangular bones that together form the bridge of the nose....
Orbit - Bony cavity that holds the eyeball and its associated tissues and appendages....
Palate, Hard - The anteriorly located rigid section of the PALATE....
Petrous Bone - The dense rock-like part of temporal bone that contains the INNER EAR. Petrous bone is located at th...
Pterygopalatine Fossa - A small space in the skull between the MAXILLA and the SPHENOID BONE, medial to the pterygomaxillary...
Sella Turcica - A bony prominence situated on the upper surface of the body of the sphenoid bone. It houses the PITU...
Skull - The SKELETON of the HEAD including the FACIAL BONES and the bones enclosing the BRAIN....
Skull Base - The inferior region of the skull consisting of an internal (cerebral), and an external (basilar) sur...
Sphenoid Bone - An irregular unpaired bone situated at the SKULL BASE and wedged between the frontal, temporal, and ...
Temporal Bone - Either of a pair of compound bones forming the lateral (left and right) surfaces and base of the sku...
Tooth Socket - A hollow part of the alveolar process of the MAXILLA or MANDIBLE where each tooth fits and is attach...
Turbinates - The scroll-like bony plates with curved margins on the lateral wall of the NASAL CAVITY. Turbinates,...
Vomer - An unpaired thin ploughshare-shaped facial bone. It is situated in the median plane of the SKULL. Th...
Common Chronic Illnesses
Coronary Disease
An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
A subtype of DIABETES MELLITUS that is characterized by INSULIN deficiency. It is manifested by the sudden onset of severe HYPERGLYCEMIA, rapid progression to DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, and DEATH unless treated with insulin. The disease may occur at any age, but is most common in childhood or adolescence.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY.
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Hypertension
Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
Mesothelioma
A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Osteoarthritis
A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
