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FACIAL ARTERY:
A branch of external carotid that branches into the ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, inferior labial, superior labial, septal, lateral nasal, angular, and glandular arteries.
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FALCIFORM LIGAMENT (of Liver):
An extension of the coronary ligament of the liver that attaches the liver to the diaphragm and separates the right and left lobes of the liver.
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FALLOPIAN TUBES:
These muscular tubes connect from the uterus (upper lateral cornu) to the peritoneal cavity in the area of the ipsilateral ovary. During Ovulation, the tubes carry the ova (eggs) from the ovary and into the uterus.
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FALSE VOCAL CORD:
A fold of mucous membrane in the larynx that separates the vestibule from the laryngeal ventricle, all above the true vocal cords (glottis).
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FEMORAL ARTERY:
A continuation of the external iliac that branches into the superficial epigastric, superficial circumflex iliac, external pudendal, deep femoral, and descending geniculate arteries.
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FEMORAL CONDYLES:
(medial and lateral)Two articulating surfaces located on the distal end of the femur and articulate with the proximal head of the tibia.
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FEMORAL HEAD:
The round ball-shaped proximal end of the Femur that articulates with the socket formed by the ischium, pubis, and acetabulum (joined together by the triradiate cartilage).
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FEMORAL VEIN:
The continuation of the popliteal vein that becomes the external iliac at the inguinal ligament.
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FEMUR:
The proximal bone of the lower extremity. It is the largest bone in the body. AKA "thigh bone".
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FIBULA:
The thin bone of the lower leg. The large bone is the Tibia.
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FLEXION:
A bending movement around a joint in a limb that decreases the angle between the bones of the limb at the joint.
FLOOR OF ORBIT:
The inferior portion of the bony cavity that contains the eyeball, made up of the maxilla, zygomatic, and palatine bones.
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FLOOR OF SELLA:
The inferior portion of the sella turcica (pituitary fossa).
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FLUOROSCOPY:
A radiologic procedure that functions like an X-ray TV camera
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FORAMEN MAGNUM:
The large opening that connects the vertebral canal to the cranial cavity, located in the anterior and inferior portion of the occipital bone, and allows passage of CSF and connection of the medulla oblongata to the cervical spinal cord.
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FORAMEN OVALE:
The passage for the mandibular (3rd) branch of the trigeminal (Vth) nerve through the medial and posterior part of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone.
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FORAMEN ROTUNDUM:
The opening that allows the passage of the maxillary (2nd) branch of the trigeminal (Vth) nerve through the medial part of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone.
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FORAMEN SPINOSUM:
The opening near the posterior angle of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone, posterior to the spinous process, that allows passage of the middle meningeal artery.
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FORAMEN TRANSVERSIUM:
The opening in the transverse process which allows the vertebral vessels to pass through the cervical vertebra.
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FOURTH VENTRICLE:
The cavity in the rhombencephalon located between the medulla oblongata, the pons, and the isthmus ventrally and anterior and the cerebellum dorsally and posterior.
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FOVEA CAPITUS:
The depression where the ligamentum teres attaches to the head of the femur, containing the vascular supply for the intracapsular portion of the femur (head and proximal neck).
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FRONTAL BONE:
The bone that closes the frontal part of the cranial cavity.
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FRONTAL HORN:
The extension of the lateral ventricle into the frontal lobe of the brain.
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FRONTAL LOBE:
The portion of the anterior cerebral hemisphere from the frontal pole to the sulcus centralis (central sulcus).
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FRONTAL SINUS:
A paired paranasal sinus within the frontal bone that is connected to the middle meatus of the nasal cavity by the nasofrontal duct. Both functionally, and embryologically, the frontal sinus represents the most anterior ethmoid air cell.
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FUNDUS OF STOMACH:
The portion of the stomach that lies above and to the left of the entrance of the esophagus.
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Portions © 1997, 2002 J.G. Smirniotopoulos, M.D. and others.