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Pharmacological agents used to decrease blood glucose levels.  

Area in the brain where parts of the right and left optic nerves cross and join the other optic nerve. The X-shaped structure formed by the two optic nerves, which pass backward from the eyeballs to meet in the midline beneath the brain, near the pituitary gland. Nerve fibers from the nasal side of the…

Muscle of the hand that pulls the thumb across the palm to enable a pinch-type grasp. A muscle of the hand originating on the trapezium and flexor retinaculum and inserted in the first metacarpal. It flexes and adducts the thumb (brings it across the palm) and is controlled by the median nerve.  

Hemorrhaging from the ovary.  

Ingrown fingernail or toenail.  

Infrequent breathing that causes less oxygen to enter the lungs. Infrequent or shallow respirations, usually less than 10 breaths per minute.    

Subjective sensation of smell experienced just prior to the onset of seizure activity.  

The curved segment of the ulna commonly referred to as the elbow. The large process of the ulna that projects behind the elbow joint. The large process on the ulnar bone that projects behind the joint of the elbow.  

Acute spasm and involuntary deviation or fixation of the eyes in an upward gaze; associated with dystonia from antipsychotic or antiemetic medications. An abnormal condition in which the eyes are held in a fixed position for several minutes or hours. Oculogyric crises may occur in cases of post-encephalitic parkinsonism or as a result of a…

Muscle that retracts and tenses scalp.