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  2. Trismus - Wikipedia

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    Dental trismus is defined by difficulty in opening the jaw. It is a temporary condition that usually lasts no more than two weeks. Dental trismus is caused by an injury to the masticatory muscles, such as opening the jaw for an extended period of time or having a needle pass through a muscle.

  3. Parapharyngeal abscess - Wikipedia

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    An anterior space abscess can cause lockjaw (spasm of jaw muscle), and hard mass formation along the angle of the mandible, with medial bulging of the tonsil and lateral pharyngeal wall. A posterior space abscess causes swelling in the posterior pharyngeal wall, and lockjaw is minimal.

  4. Wooden chest syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Chest wall. Wooden chest syndrome is a rigidity of the chest following the administration of high doses of opioids during anesthesia [1]. [1]Wooden chest syndrome describes marked muscle rigidity — especially involving the thoracic and abdominal muscles — that is an occasional adverse effect associated with the intravenous administration of lipophilic synthetic opioids such as fentanyl [2].

  5. What Bullets Do to Bodies - Highline

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    The bullet can stay in the body just fine. But the bleeding has to be contained, even if the patient is awake and screaming because a tube has just been pushed into his chest cavity through a deep incision without the aid of general anesthesia (no time; the patient gets an injection of lidocaine).

  6. Dental anesthesia - Wikipedia

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    An injection blocks sensation in the inferior alveolar nerve, which runs from the angle of the mandible down the medial aspect of the mandible, innervating the mandibular teeth, lower lip, chin, and parts of the tongue, which is effective for dental work in the mandibular arch.

  7. Couple Accused of Faking 6-Year-Old Son's Cancer, Raising ...

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    A couple in Australia have been accused of faking their young son's cancer diagnosis "It will be alleged that the accused shaved their 6-year-old child’s head, eyebrows, placed him in a ...

  8. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    of or pertaining to the upper chest, chest; the area above the breast and under the neck Latin thōrāx < Greek θώρᾱξ (thṓrāx), chest, cuirass thoracic spine, thorax: thromb(o)-of or relating to a blood clot, clotting of blood Greek θρόμβος (thrómbos), lump, piece, clot of blood thrombus, thrombocytopenia: thyr(o)-thyroid

  9. Caramelized Brussels Sprouts Are The Missing Piece to Your Feast

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    Yields: 6-8 servings. Prep Time: 20 mins. Total Time: 1 hour. Ingredients. Cooking spray, for the baking sheet. 2 lb. Brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved