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Excision of a synovial membrane containing synovial fluid located in areas where tendons pass over bones.  

Surgical procedure to remove the prominent part of a metatarsal bone that is causing the bunion.  

Major conductive pathways of the heart involved in coordination of the heart muscle.  

Ring-like muscle around the mouth used in smiling, compression of the cheeks, and chewing food.  

Innermost surface of the facial cheek. The lining of the cheeks of the oral cavity. It is characterized by stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium that may become keratinized in local areas due to cheek-biting. It may also contain ectopic sebaceous glands.  

Cheek; plural is buccae.  

Acute inflammation of the bronchioles and alveoli that produces congestion.  

The smaller divisions of the bronchial tree that terminate at the alveoli in the lungs. An acute or chronic inflammation of the bronchial tubes. Small airways in the lungs that branch off the bronchi (large tubes) within the lung. The bronchioles terminate in clusters of air sacs called alveoli, deep within lung tissue. A subdivision…

Abnormal widening or dilatation of the bronchi or bronchioles as a result of inflammatory disease or obstruction.