Category: M

Shortening the mesentery by taking tucks in it surgically.  

Surgical removal of the mesentery.  

A neoplasm containing a mixture of mesenchymal and fibrous tissue.  

Surgical incision of the midbrain, usually done to relieve intractable pain.  

Inflammation of the mesencephalon.  

Migratory cells derived from ectoderm, especially from the neural crest of the cephalic area in young embryos, that become pigment cells.  

The area of contact of the Schwann cell membrane and the membrane of the axon it encircles.  

The suspensory structure of the renal glomerulus.  

Concerning a portion of the systole of the cardiac cycle.  

A glycoprotein normally found in the basement membrane of muscles; it helps muscle cells adhere to and interact with each other and the extracellular matrix. Deficiencies of merosin produce several rare autosomal recessive forms of muscular dystrophy.