Category: P
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Periotic
Around the ear. Referring to the area around the ear, especially the bones around the inner ear.
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Periorchium
Tissue surrounding a testicle.
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Periorbita
Tissue lining eye socket.
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Perioral
Around the mouth.
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Perionyxis
Skin around a fingernail or toenail. Inflammation of the epidermis surrounding a nail.
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Periocular
Around the eye.
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Perineurium
The sheath around each bundle of nerve fibers. Connective tissue which surrounds bundles of nerve fibres. Connective tissue covering around bundles of nerve fibers. The sheath of connective tissue that surrounds individual bundles (fascicles) of nerve fibers within a large nerve. A connective tissue sheath investing a fasciculus or bundle of nerve fibers.
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Perinephrium
Tissues surrounding the kidney. The fatty tissue that is around a kidney. The connective and fatty tissue surrounding the kidney.
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Perineauxesis
Repair of floor of pelvic cavity through vagina.
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Perineal
Floor of pelvic cavity or area between external genitals and anus. Referring to the perineum. The perineum refers to the diamond-shaped area of the body situated between the pubic arch and the anus.