Category: M

An uncommon cause of toxicity in workers exposed to manganese on a regular basis.  

The point usually about the middle of a muscle where a motor nerve enters the muscle at which a minimal electrical stimulus to the overlying skin will elicit a visible contraction. Point on the skin over the muscle where pressure or stimulation will cause contraction of that muscle.  

The point on the occipital bone farthest from the glabella.  

A form of atypical pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae.  

The portion of the parietal pleura that extends to cover the mediastinum.  

The goals and objectives of the physician’s care and the treatment instituted to accomplish plane them.  

A placenta with more than three lobes.  

Thinning of the placenta from atrophy.  

A portion of the placenta that develops from the decidua basalis of the uterus.  

A transitory phlebitis that appears in a portion of a vein and then clears up, only to reappear later in another location.