Category: B

A ductal system consisting of the gallbladder and the bile ducts connecting the liver to the intestine. The organs in which bile is formed, concentrated, stored, and transported to the small intestine. The biliary system removes waste products from the liver and carries bile to the intestine. The biliary system is composed of the bile…

Any of the ducts conveying bile between the liver and the intestine. A tube which links the cystic duct and the hepatic duct to the duodenum. The tubular structure that bile flows through. One of several tubes that carry bile from the liver to the gallbladder and then to the first section of the small…

The effect of practice with one hand upon learning the same skill with the other hand.  

A legal term in which a person is married to more than one person at the same time.  

Eyeglasses whose lenses correct for both long-and short-range vision. Referring to lenses made with two sections which have different focal lengths, one for looking at things which are near, the other for looking at things which are far away. In optics, eyeglasses made up of two portions, one for seeing near and the other for…

A list of qualified organizations maintained by some government agencies and used for informing other groups of potential proposals and inviting them to submit proposals for funding.  

An 18th century asylum for male lunatics. It was at this asylum that Philippe Pinel removed the chains and shackles from the mentally ill patients. It was a lunatic asylum for male patients only, Salpetriere.  

In memory, the process of reviewing one’s memories and selecting from them only those that support one’s arguments.  

HCG radioimmunoassay. Glycoprotein hormones containing two different polypeptide subunits designated a and ft chains. Analysis of the units of these hormones (e.g., follicle-stimulating, luteinizing, chorionic gonadotropin, and thyrotropin) enables early diagnosis of such conditions as pregnancy and ectopic pregnancy.