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Lymphatic structures that collect chyme in the area below the shoulder and armpit.  

Region below the junction of the shoulder joint; armpit.  

Characteristic of few or no blood vessels. Lacking blood vessels or having a poor blood supply. The term is usually used with reference to cartilage. Without a blood supply. Avascular necrosis is the death of a tissue because the blood supply has been cut off. Lacking in blood vessels or having a poor blood supply,…

Ability to contract without neural stimulation. The unique property of cardiac muscle tissue to contract without nervous stimulation.  

Temporary disappearance of sounds at the end of Korotkoff phase I and the beginning of phase II while listening with a stethoscope. A silent period in the knocking sounds heard with a stethoscope over an artery, between the systolic and diastolic blood pressures, when the blood pressure is measured with a sphygmomanometer.  

Method of increasing force and effectiveness of chest muscles by placing the palm of the hand on the abdominal musculature below the ribs during expiration and then removing the hand during inspiration.  

Abnormal sensations of sound that precede a seizure.  

Impaired comprehension of spoken words in the presence of normal hearing.  

Vaccine in which the antigen’s ability to produce disease has been lessened or eliminated by heat or chemical measures; after inoculation, mild symptoms may result.  

Nonverbal signs indicating focused listening, or interest in what another person is communicating.