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Brain injury with damage occurring on side of impact and on the opposite side of impact due to the forward and backward motion of the brain within the skull.  

The area where the costal cartilage meets the bone of the rib.  

Surgical shunting of heart blood vessels around areas of blockage to restore supply to the heart muscle.  

Use of a machine to replace and override any impulse to breathe in an intubated patient.  

Device that increases range of motion and stimulates healing of the articular cartilage by decreasing swelling and the formation of adhesions.  

Inflammation and redness of the mucous membrane of the anterior eyeball from bacterial infection; commonly referred to as “pinkeye”.  

Both eyes move together as a unit. The paired movements of the eyes as they track moving objects.  

Cells in the retina of the eye that are sensitive only to color; there are three types of cones: those that respond to red light, those that respond to green light, and those that respond to blue light. A cell in the retina whose scleral end forms a cone that serves as a light receptor.…

Genital wart due to sexually transmitted disease; plural is condyloma acuminata. A sexually transmitted viral infection that is caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) and produces genital warts (also known as venereal warts). Condyloma acuminatum is currently one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases among men and women living in the United States. The…

Articular surfaces in which the oval surface of one bone fits into the elliptical surface of another. A joint permitting all forms of angular movement except axial rotation.