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Pharmacological agents that control or prevent irregular or abnormal heart rhythms. Arrhythmia is a variation in the normal rhythm of the heartbeat. Management of the condition requires accurate diagnosis of the type, and electrocardiography is vital in this process. Drug treatment is usually part of the management, including verapamil, disopyramide and lidocaine. This large group…

A procedure for making a person insensitive to an antigen; desensitization.  

From the front to the back of the body.  

Blood vessel that returns blood to the femoral vein from the lower leg. A vein that drains blood from the lower leg and foot and joins the popliteal vein.  

Muscle of front surface of the lower leg that flexes and abducts the foot when contracted.  

A band of strong fibrous tissue originating on the front of the femur and inserting on the tibia, acting to stabilize the knee; injuries to this area of the knee are common in athletes. The ligament of the knee that originates on the anteromedial portion of the tibia’s intercondylar eminence, passes laterally to the posterior…

Area immediately behind the cornea and in front of the lens of the eye.  

Abbreviated a.c. when written in medical instructions or physician orders, this indicates that medication or treatment is administered before meals. Used in prescription writing to indicate before meals.  

Layer of fibrocartilage surrounding each intervertebral disc.  

Unequal sizes of the pupils, often caused by glaucoma, head trauma, stroke, or a tumor that causes the iris to dilate and constrict. Inequality of the size of the pupils; may be congenital or associated with aneurysms, head trauma, diseases of the nervous system, brain lesion, paresis, or locomotor ataxia.