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  • 21Iliacus muscle — Muscle infobox Name = Iliacus muscle Latin = musculus iliacus GraySubject = 127 GrayPage = 467 Caption = The iliacus and nearby muscles Caption2 = Right hip bone. Internal surface. (Iliac fossa visible at upper left.) Origin = iliac fossa… …

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  • 22Wing of ilium — Infobox Bone Name = Wing of ilium Latin = a. ossis ilii GraySubject = 57 GrayPage = 232 Caption = Right hip bone. External surface. Caption2 = Right hip bone. Internal surface. System = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = a 21 DorlandsSuf =… …

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  • 23surface — The outer part of any solid. SYN: face (2) [TA], facies (2) [TA]. [F. fr. L. superficius, see superficial] acromial articular s. of clavicle SYN: acromial facet of clavicle. anterior s. [TA] the s. of a …

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  • 24digestive system, human — Introduction  the system used in the human body for the process of digestion. The human digestive system consists primarily of the digestive tract (alimentary canal), or the series of structures and organs through which food and liquids pass… …

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  • 25Sign — Any abnormality that indicates a disease process, such as a change in appearance, sensation, or function, that is observed by a physician when evaluating a patient. * * * 1. Any abnormality indicative of disease, discoverable on examination of… …

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  • 26syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …

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  • 27position — 1. An attitude, posture, or place occupied. 2. Posture or attitude assumed by a patient for comfort and to facilitate the performance of diagnostic, surgical, or therapeutic procedures. 3. In obstetrics, the relation of an arbitrarily chosen …

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  • 28Iliopsoas — Infobox Muscle Name = Iliopsoas Latin = musculus iliopsoas GraySubject = 127 GrayPage = 467 Caption = Anterior hip muscles. (Psoas minor not pictured.) Caption2 = Origin = iliac fossa, spine Insertion = lesser trochanter of femur Blood = medial… …

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  • 29ilium — The broad, flaring portion of the hip bone, distinct at birth but later becoming fused with the ischium and pubis; it consists of a body, which joins the pubis and ischium to form the acetabulum and a broad thin portion, called the ala or …

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  • 30Obturator artery — Artery: Obturator artery The relations of the femoral and abdominal inguinal rings, seen from within the abdomen. Right side. (Obturator artery is visible at bottom.) …

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