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Airway passage branching off the trachea to the right and left lung fields. The two main branches leading from the trachea to the lungs, providing a passageway for air. The trachea divides opposite the third thoracic vertebra into the right and left main bronchi. The point of division, called the carina trachea, is the site…

Having an abnormally short neck.  

Compression of an arteriovenous fistula that slows the heart rate. In a patient with an arteriovenous fistula, the slowing of the heart rate that occurs when the fistula is compressed.  

Abnormally slow respiratory rate.  

Muscle of the lateral forearm that flexes the wrist when contracted; attached at the head of the radius. Abnormally slowed heart rate; less than 60 beats per minute in an adult.  

An abnormal curvature of the arm.  

Vessel that drains chyme from the arm.  

Pertaining to the arm and head.  

Refers to two types of bone density tests: dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan, and quantitative computerized topography (QCT) which determines the degree of bone mineralization. Tissue in the central cavity of long bones that functions to store fat or produce red blood cells. A radiographic technique used to measure the density of bone, to assess…

Procedure of using bone taken from the patient’s own body to use to stabilize and fuse with bony structures.