Category: M

An individual’s sequence and pattern of jaw movement in chewing. It is influenced by the type of food, occlusal problems or missing teeth, personal habits, or state of mind and may be unilateral or bilateral. Under some conditions it would be recognized as a clenching or bruxing habit.  

Physical cueing or prompting by a therapist, to facilitate the mastery of movements needed to perform a specific task or to extinguish or suppress undesired movements.  

One of several depressions on the internal surface of the cranial bones where blood vessels follow the meningeal and osseous structures of the skull.  

The groove on the anterior surface of the distal end of the tibia that lodges tendons of the tibialis posterior and flexor digitorum longus musculi.  

An irregularly sized granule found in the protoplasm of numerous bacteria. It stains a different color from that of the dye used.  

A split-skin graft that contains multiple perforations or slits, which allow the graft to be expanded so that a much larger area is covered. The holes in the graft are covered by new tissue as the graft spreads.  

An inflammatory area, somewhat diamond-shaped, found on the dorsum of the tongue anterior to the vallate papillae.  

A condition in which kidney biopsy shows subendothelial deposits and proliferating mesangial cells in the glomerulus. Some patients have progressive renal impairment.  

A glioma composed of several different types of cells, including for example astrocytes, ependyma] cells, and/or oligodendrocytes.  

A gland that has both endocrine and exocrine function (e.g., the pancreas).