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An antigen detection tool in which droplets containing antibodies to a specific antigen are dried on strips of nitrocellulose. Samples of body fluids from patients are exposed to these antibodies. A chemical or fluorescent reaction from binding of the antigen is used to suggest its presence in the tested sample. Immunodot assays are used, e.g.,…

An inflammatory joint disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis.  

The left internal mammary artery (LIMA) is the artery most commonly used in coronary artery bypass graft surgery. It is often grafted to the left anterior descending artery, the artery that supplies blood to the bulk of the left ventricle of the heart.  

One of the two divisions of the common carotid artery in the neck. The internal carotid supplies blood to much of the cerebral hemisphere, the eye, and the orbit. It begins at about the level of the top of the trachea, running up the side of the neck and entering the base of the skull…

One of several branches of the thoracic aorta that runs between the ribs and supplies blood to the skin, muscles, and bones of the trunk.  

A branch of the abdominal aorta, supplying blood to the diaphragm.  

An artery whose obstruction has resulted in the death of tissue, e.g., in a region of the heart or brain.  

Misuse of objects due to inability to perceive their correct use.  

Removal of the appendix during another surgical procedure within the abdomen or pelvis.  

Ankylosis due to undue rigidity of structures within a joint.