external medicine
1external auditory canal — n the auditory canal leading from the opening of the external ear to the eardrum called also external acoustic meatus, external auditory meatus * * * meatus acusticus externus …
2external carotid artery — n the outer branch of the carotid artery that supplies the face, tongue, and external parts of the head called also external carotid …
3external iliac node — n any of the lymph nodes grouped around the external iliac artery and the external iliac vein compare INTERNAL ILIAC NODE …
4external pudendal artery — n either of two branches of the femoral artery: a) one that is distributed to the skin of the lower abdomen, to the penis and scrotum in the male, and to one of the labia majora in the female, and that anastomoses with the internal pudendal… …
5external intercostal muscle — n INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE (a) called also external intercostal …
6external respiration — n exchange of gases between the external environment and a distributing system of the animal body (as the lungs of higher vertebrates or the tracheal tubes of insects) or between the alveoli of the lungs and the blood compare INTERNAL RESPIRATION …
7external crus of external inguinal ring — external crus of superficial inguinal ring c. laterale anuli inguinalis superficialis …
8external anal sphincter — n ANAL SPHINCTER (a) …
9external capsule — n CAPSULE (1b(2)) * * * capsula externa …
10external iliac artery — n ILIAC ARTERY (2) …
