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A bedbug or related insect which feeds on birds, humans and other mammals.  

A drug which reduces the production of stomach acid, used in peptic ulcer treatment. H2-receptor antagonist that serves as an antiulcerative. Drug used to treat peptic ulcers and certain other conditions in which decreased acid secretion in the stomach is desired. Adverse effects include diarrhea, dizziness, and skin reactions. A drug used to treat benign…

Simple epithelium where the cells have tiny hairs or cilia. Epithelium with hair like processes on the surface that wave actively only in one direction. This type is present in the respiratory tract and fallopian tubes.  

The ridges behind the iris to which the lens of the eye is attached. One of about 70 prominent meridional ridges projecting from the corona ciliaris of the choroid coat of the eye to which the suspensory ligament of the lens is attached. These have the same structure as the rest of the choroid and…

A muscle which makes the lens of the eye change its shape to focus on objects at different distances. The smooth muscle forming a part of the ciliary body of the eye. Contraction pulls the choroid forward, lessening tension on the fibers of the zonula (suspensory ligament) and allowing the lens, which is elastic, to…

A parasympathetic ganglion in the orbit of the eye, supplying the intrinsic eye muscles. A tiny ganglion in the rear portion of the orbit. It receives preganglionic fibers through the oculomotor nerve from the Edinger-Westphal nucleus of the midbrain. Six short ciliary nerves pass from it to the eyeball. Postganglionic fibers innervate the ciliary muscle,…

The part of the eye which connects the iris to the choroid. Thick part of a vascular membrane joining the iris and choroid of the eye. Thickened portion of the vascular tunic of the eye between the choroid and the iris. The part of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris. It consists…

Referring to the eyelid or eyelashes. Pertaining to any hairlike processes, especially the eyelashes, and to eye structures such as the ciliary body.    

To heal and form a scar, or to cause a wound to heal and form a scar.  

An indication of tetany, where a spasm is produced if the facial muscles are tapped. A spasm of the facial muscles following a tap on the facial nerve; seen in hypocalcemic tetany.