Category: A

Necrosis caused by inadequate blood flow to a body part.  

A research branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that investigates workplace hazards and makes recommendations for the prevention of worker injuries, illnesses, and disabilities.  

A genus of RNA viruses that includes the causative agent of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.  

Myelopathy that ascends along the spinal cord toward the head.  

Myelography using a radiolucent contrast medium, usually air or oxygen.  

An acute form of myelitis involving the entire thickness of the spinal cord, developing, for example, subsequent to injury to the spinal cord.  

Myelitis that moves progressively upward in the spinal cord. A type of spinal cord inflammation that progresses upward towards the brain. It commonly appears as a symptom of poliomyelitis or diphtheria and can even arise from the toxic impact of tick bites. This condition is also known as Landry’s paralysis.  

Myelitis that develops rapidly, that is, in hours or days. Myelitis of rapid onset is more likely to be reversible than chronic or slowly developing inflammation of the spinal cord.    

Mydriasis that affects one eye, then the other.  

The tensor tympani and stapedius muscles.