Category: E

Response to stimuli via central nervous system.  

Sense organ receiving stimuli from outside. A sensory nerve which is affected by stimuli from outside the body, e.g. in the eye or ear. A sensory nerve, ending in the skin or a mucous membrane, that is responsive to stimuli from outside the body. A sense organ (e.g., in the eye, ear, or skin) adapted…

The external sex organs.  

Medical student or graduate who works but does not live in the hospital. A person, usually in medicine or dentistry, who provides medical or dental care, under professional supervision, while still a student. A medical student, living outside a hospital, who assists in the medical and surgical care of patients.  

To expose an inner part; to turn one’s interest outward. To place an internal organ or part of it (e.g., part of the colon in a colostomy) on the outside of the body. To mobilize without the body, a part temporarily in surgery.  

Any muscle that extends joints. Muscle that, when flexed, causes extension of a joint, or straightening of an arm or leg. A muscle that extends a part of the body. Muscles that straighten the wrist, hand, and fingers to form a straight line. An extensor muscle is any muscle that operates a joint to extend…

Forced discharge of the breath. An act of forcing breath out of the body. The forcible removal of secretions from the air passages by some form of suction apparatus. Forceful expulsion of air from a cavity by artificial means, such as use of a mechanical exsufflator.  

To remove from the body.  

To dry thoroughly.