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The volume of air entering the lungs combined with the tidal volume (TV) during forced inhalation; average value = 3,000 cc. The maximal amount of air that can be inhaled after a normal inspiration. The amount of air that can be inhaled into the lungs beyond a typical breath in.  

Pain in the groin area due to trauma, space-occupying tumors, or infection.  

Lymphoid tissue located in the groin area.    

Skeletal muscle of the upper back that originates at the infraspinous fossa of the scapula and inserts at the upper edge of the humerus; when contracted, it extends and rotates the arm laterally. A muscle of the back originating in the infraspinous fossa of the scapula and inserted in the greater tubercle of the humerus.…

A sheath located between the tendon of the infraspinatus muscle and the capsule of the shoulder joint.  

Muscle that turns the eye downward.  

Muscle that turns the eye downward and toward the midline of the visual field.  

Congenital form of hypothyroidism, formally called cretinism.  

Use of electromagnetic induction to artificially produce a fever in order to treat a primary pathology. Treatment of disease by artificial production of fever by electromagnetic induction.  

A medical device used to encourage a patient to inhale and sustain inspiratory volume to exercise lungs and prevent pulmonary complications. Spirometry in which visual and vocal stimuli are given to the patient to produce maximum effort during deep breathing. Incentive spirometry is used most often in postoperative patients to prevent atelectasis.