Category: F

A plugger having a broad, foot-shaped tip.  

A device for determining weight-bearing loads and biomechanical forces placed on the foot during walking or running.  

In the embryonic neural tube, the wedge of cells in the ventral midline. These cells are primitive radial glia and do not give rise to neurons. The ventral commissures and decussations eventually develop through this structure.  

One of two planes through the anterior and posterior principal foci of a dioptric system and perpendicular to the line connecting the two. Within the field of tomography, there is a significant concept known as the “area of interest.” This refers to the specific region of the body that becomes the focal point and appears…

A placenta attached to the uterine wall within the fundal zone. The placenta is attached at the top of the uterus, which is the usual position.  

That part of the placenta formed by aggregation of chorionic villi in which the umbilical vein and arteries ramify.  

Peritonitis with fibrosis and caseation, usually caused by tuberculosis.  

Pericarditis in which the membrane is covered with a butter-like exudate that organizes and unites the pericardial surfaces.  

A pelvis in which the outlet is considerably contracted but the inlet dimensions are normal.  

Adhesion of the female reproductive organs to the peritoneum or bowel by cancer, endometriosis, or pelvic infection.