Category: T

Paralysis, especially of the arm, resulting from a tourniquet being applied for too long a time.  

Paralysis resulting from bites of some species of ticks whose saliva contains a toxin, especially of the genera Ixodes and Dermacentor. It affects domestic animals and humans, especially children, and causes a progressive ascending, flaccid motor paralysis. Recovery usually occurs after removal of the ticks.  

A dermal papilla that contains a sensory receptor for touch.  

Paper impregnated with a substance that will change color when exposed to solutions of a certain pH or to specific chemicals.  

The implantation of a part of the pancreas (e.g., cells of the islets of Langerhans) or the entire gland from a donor into a patient whose own pancreas is no longer functioning. In the diabetic patient, pancreas transplantation provides an endogenous source of insulin and may be combined with kidney transplantation. The risks of the…

The application of an electrical current between electrodes placed on the skin to stimulate the heart to beat. Typically, the electrodes are placed on the anterior and posterior chest, or to the right of the sternum and below the clavicle and on the midaxillary line at the level of the sixth to seventh ribs. Also…

An artificial cardiac pacemaker that is located outside the body. The electrodes for delivering the stimulus are located on the chest wall.  

An electronic device for temporary cardiac pacing (e.g., during cardiac surgery and emergencies). The device consists of an electrode catheter inserted transvenously in the right ventricular apex that receives impulses from an external generator.  

The delivery of oxygen via a small plastic cannula inserted directly into the trachea through a small surgical opening in the cricothyroid membrane of the neck.  

The sum of the oxygen bound to hemoglobin plus the oxygen dissolved in the blood.