Category: A

Muscle of front surface of the lower leg that flexes and abducts the foot when contracted.  

A band of strong fibrous tissue originating on the front of the femur and inserting on the tibia, acting to stabilize the knee; injuries to this area of the knee are common in athletes. The ligament of the knee that originates on the anteromedial portion of the tibia’s intercondylar eminence, passes laterally to the posterior…

Area immediately behind the cornea and in front of the lens of the eye.  

Abbreviated a.c. when written in medical instructions or physician orders, this indicates that medication or treatment is administered before meals. Used in prescription writing to indicate before meals.  

Layer of fibrocartilage surrounding each intervertebral disc.  

Unequal sizes of the pupils, often caused by glaucoma, head trauma, stroke, or a tumor that causes the iris to dilate and constrict. Inequality of the size of the pupils; may be congenital or associated with aneurysms, head trauma, diseases of the nervous system, brain lesion, paresis, or locomotor ataxia.  

Appearance of being without jaundice.  

Narrowed lumen of a blood vessel.  

A hollow, flexible tube inserted into a blood vessel to withdraw or instill fluids.  

Immune reaction due to formation of antibodies to a pathogenic organism.