Category: R

The provision of advice, comfort, and sources of therapy for victims of sexual assault. The  motional reaction and sequelae of rape may be devastating to the mental well-being of the victim. It is therefore important that the victim be reassured about what to expect from both internal feelings and the potential reactions of society. Historically,…

The precautions taken to decrease the chances of one’s being forced to engage in unwanted sexual behaviors. In the U.S., about 700,000 to 1,000,000 sexual assaults occur each year; 75% to 85% of all sexual assaults are committed by friends, family members, or sexual partners of the victim; 95% of all sexual assaults are committed…

To a ranula, or the region beneath the tip of the tongue.  

The difference between the least and the greatest distance of distinct vision.  

Having a disagreeable odor resulting from the breakdown of double bonds in fatty acids.  

One of the primary branches of a spinal nerve that connects with a sympathetic ganglion. Each consists of a white portion (white ramus communicans) composed of myelinated preganglionic sympathetic fibers and a gray portion (gray ramus communicans) composed of unmyelinated postganglionic fibers.  

A condition caused by herpes zoster of the geniculate ganglion of the brain or neuritis of the facial nerve and characterized by severe facial palsy and vesicular eruption in the pharynx, external ear canal, tongue, and occipital area. Deafness, tinnitus, and vertigo may be present. Ramsay-Hunt syndrome is a variation of herpes zoster (shingles) that…

Excision of a ramus, specifically a ramus communicans.  

The surgical division of a ramus communicans between a spinal nerve and a ganglion of the sympathetic trunk. Surgical separation of certain branches of the sympathetic nervous system.  

A species that infests humans, reported from several South American countries, especially Ecuador.