Category: G

Any voluntary, intentional, and conscious act or omission committed by an individual, with reckless disregard for the consequences, especially how they may affect another person’s life or property.  

Necrosis forming a dry rubbery mass resulting from syphilis.  

A fan-shaped extrinsic tongue muscle that makes up most of the volume of the tongue. The genioglossus originates from the inside of the anterior base of the mandible. Most of its muscle fibers attach broadly along the intrinsic tongue muscles of the top of the tongue. Some of the lower genioglossal fibers attach along the…

Either of the two muscles (gemelli muscles) that attach to the medial surface of the greater trochanter of the femur (i.e., the trochanteric fossa) where they mesh with the tendon of the obturator internus muscle. The superior gemellus muscle arises from the ischial spine and is innervated by the nerve to the obturator internus; the…

Movement of one surface over another without angular or rotatory movement, as well. This type of movement occurs in the temporomandibular joint after opening when the condyles and disks move forward, as in protrusion of the jaw.  

A severe form of localized morphea. There are multiple indurated plaques, hyperpigmentation, and possible muscle atrophy. It is not associated with systemic disease. The disease may become inactive in 3 to 5 years.  

Milk obtained from goats, which, like cow’s milk, should be pasteurized before use. Goat’s milk differs from cow’s milk in that is has a higher fat content, and is deficient in folacin and vitamin B12. Compared to certain types of cows’ milk, goats’ milk contains a higher fat and protein percentage, which contributes to its…

An extremely delicate membrane, formed of foot plates of astrocytes, that surrounds all the blood vessels in the brain, spinal cord, and the lining of the pia mater, separating these vessels from the nervous tissue proper. This membrane is thought to be one of the components of the blood-brain barrier.  

The transparent capsule that separates membrana granulosa from the theca of the graafian follicle.  

Practice of medicine by a group of physicians, usually consisting of specialists in various fields who pool their services and share laboratory and x-ray facilities. Such a group is commonly called a clinic.