Category: T
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Trapezoid
One of the eight small carpal bones in the wrist, below the first finger. A four-sided figure having two parallel sides and two divergent sides.
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Trapezius
A triangular muscle in the upper part of the back and the neck, which moves the shoulder blade and pulls the head back. Large, flat triangular muscle of the shoulder and upper back region involved in movement of the shoulder and arm. A flat triangular muscle covering the back of the neck and shoulder. It…
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Trapezium
One of the eight small carpal bones in the wrist, below the thumb. A four-sided bone of the wrist that articulates with the base of the thumb. Aa bone of the wrist. It articulates with the scaphoid bone behind and with the first metacarpal in front. A four-sided, single plane geometric figure in which none…
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Transvesical prostatectomy
An operation to remove the prostate gland, carried out through the bladder.
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Transverse process
The part of a vertebra which protrudes at the side. The long projection from the base of the neural arch of a vertebra. The process extending laterally and dorsally from the arch of a vertebra.
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Transverse lie
The position of a fetus across the body of the mother. A position of the fetus in utero in which the long axis of the fetus is across the long axis of the mother.
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Transvaginal
Across or through the vagina. Through the vagina. The term is used to describe surgical and ultrasonic imaging procedures. Passing across or through the vagina.
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Transurethral prostatectomy
A surgical operation to remove the prostate gland, where the operation is carried out through the urethra.
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Transurethral
Through the urethra. Denotes any procedure carried out by inserting an instrument through the urethra.
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Transuretero-ureterostomy
A surgical operation in which both ureters are brought to the same side in the abdomen, because one is damaged or obstructed.