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  2. List of anatomical variations - Wikipedia

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    Accessory soleus muscle; Axillary arch; Epitrochleoanconeus muscle - or anconeous epitrochlearis; Extensor medii proprius muscle; Extensor digitorum brevis manus muscle; Extensor indicis et medii communis muscle

  3. Diastematomyelia - Wikipedia

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    Diastematomyelia is a "dysraphic state" of unknown embryonic origin, but is probably initiated by an accessory neurenteric canal (an additional embryonic spinal canal.).) This condition may be an isolated phenomenon or may be associated with other segmental anomalies of the vertebral bodies such as spina bifida, kyphoscoliosis, butterfly vertebra, hemivertebra and block vertebrae which are ...

  4. Filum terminale - Wikipedia

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    The filum terminale is situated centrally [2] amid the spinal nerve roots of the cauda equina [3] [2] (but is not itself a part of the cauda equina [2]).. The inferior-most spinal nerve, the coccygeal nerve, leaves the spinal cord at the level of the conus medullaris via respective vertebrae through their intervertebral foramina, superior to the filum terminale.

  5. Ossicles - Wikipedia

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    The ossicles (also called auditory ossicles) are three irregular bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, and are among the smallest bones in the human body. . Although the term "ossicle" literally means "tiny bone" (from Latin ossiculum) and may refer to any small bone throughout the body, it typically refers specifically to the malleus, incus and stapes ("hammer, anvil, and ...

  6. DICOM - Wikipedia

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    DICOM is a standard developed by American College of Radiology (ACR) and National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA). In the beginning of the 1980s, it was very difficult for anyone other than manufacturers of computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging devices to decode the images that the machines generated.

  7. Osteonecrosis of the jaw - Wikipedia

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    Persistent blood clots can lead to congestive blood flow in bone marrow, impaired blood flow and ischaemia in bone tissue resulting in lack of oxygen , bone cell damage and eventual cell death . Of significance is the fact that the average concentration of cadmium in human bones in the 20th century has increased to about 10 times above the pre ...

  8. Perfusion MRI - Wikipedia

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    In general, persistent increased signal intensity (corresponding to decreased T1 and thus increased Gd interaction) in a DCE-MRI image voxel indicates permeable blood vessels characteristic of tumor tissue, where Gd has leaked into the extravascular extracellular space. In tissues with healthy cells or a high cell density, gadolinium re-enters ...

  9. Chiari malformation - Wikipedia

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    In addition to tonsillar ectopia, patients with this entity also have caudal descent of the brainstem. A significant proportion of these patients require a second surgery as a result of persistent syringomyelia. [30] [36] Headache and neck pain, similar to Chiari I II This is the only type also known as an "Arnold–Chiari" malformation.