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Linked neurones which carry motor impulses from the spinal cord to the muscles. A peripheral motor neuron that originates in the ventral horns of the gray matter of the spinal cord and terminates in skeletal muscles. Lesions of these neurons produce flaccid paralysis of the muscles they innervate. A neuron with its cell body located…

A diet with few calories, to help a person to lose weight. A diet containing at least 800 calories per day but fewer calories of energy than the individual is using. Thus, adherence to an LCD results in a moderate rate of weight loss.  

Relatively little in height. Close to the bottom or base of something.  

A small insect of the Pediculus genus, which sucks blood and lives on the skin as a parasite on animals and humans. A small wingless insect that is an external parasite of man. Lice attach themselves to hair and clothing using their well-developed legs and claws. Their flattened leathery bodies are resistant to crushing and…

An antihistamine drug.  

A drug that relieves severe diarrhoea by slowing down the movements of the intestine. A piperidine derivative that works as an antidiarrheal. An antidiarrhea drug. Loperamide (Imodium, Kaopectate, and others) helps stop diarrhea by slowing the movements of the intestines, reducing the amount of fluid in the stool, and increasing the density of the stool.…

A curved tube which forms the main part of a nephron in the kidney. Shaped portion of a microscopic kidney tubule in the nephron; site of action of many important drugs, including some diuretics (thus, the term—loop diuretics—for drugs like furosemide). A U-shaped segment of the renal tubule, comprised of the thin descending limb and…

To take care of a person and attend to his or her needs.  

A toilet, or a room containing a toilet (informal).  

A ward for patients who will stay in hospital for a long time.