Category: C

Thickened layer of skin.  

Instruments that decrease cardiac workload and improve organ perfusion in patients with severe heart failure.  

An inflammatory bowel disease involving intermittent segments of full thickness of the gastrointestinal tract, occurring most often in the terminal ileum of the small intestine or proximal large intestine; symptoms include abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, and fistulas.  

Space in the extra-embryonic membrane.  

Tendinous cords in the heart that look like strings attaching the papillary muscles to the cusps of the mitral and tricuspid valves. Fibrous bands that anchor the atrioventricular valves.  

Surgical excision of cartilage.  

Pharmacological agents that prevent the breakdown of choline at the synapse; used to treat dementia. Any of a class of drugs that prevent the degradation of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which is involved in memory and learning. Drugs from this class are used to treat Alzheimer’s dementia. Medications that possess the potential to decelerate the advancement…

Presence of gallstones in the gallbladder. Surgical incision and removal of a portion of the common bile duct. The existence of gallstones in the gallbladder.  

Adjective form for gallbladder, pertaining to bile.  

Technique of percussing or vibrating the chest wall in an effort to mobilize pulmonary secretions; usually accompanies postural drainage. A type of respiratory care usually incorporating postural drainage, cough facilitation, and breathing exercises used for loosening and removing lung secretions. It may include percussion (clapping) and vibration over the affected areas of the lungs, simultaneous…