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A haematoma between the dura mater and the arachnoid which displaces the brain, caused by a blow on the head.  

Fatty tissue found below the dermis that gives smoothness and contour to the body, contains fat for use as energy, and also acts as a protective cushion for the outer skin.  

A fluid collecting under the skin, usually at the ankles.  

The act of taking a culture of bacteria from a stock culture. The growing and replacing of cells in tissue culture for many months.  

An imaginary horizontal line drawn across the front of the abdomen below the ribs. A horizontal plane passing through the lowest points of the 10th costal cartilages. It lies approx, at the level of the third lumbar vertebra.  

Below the ribs.  

Beneath a cortex. Located below the outer layer of an organ.  

The parts of the brain immediately beneath the cerebral cortex.  

One of the veins which continue the axillary veins into the brachiocephalic vein. A large blood vessel that drains in the arm, joining with the internal jugular vein. A large vein draining the arm. It unites with the internal jugular vein to form the brachiocephalic (innominate) vein. A large vein draining the arm. It unites…

A space between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater in the brain, containing cerebrospinal fluid. Space located under the arachnoid membrane and above the pia mater of the meninges and containing cerebrospinal fluid. A type of spinal anesthesia, often used for obstetrical and gynecological procedures, is achieved by injecting an anesthetic agent into the…