Category: M

The auditory relay nucleus of the thalamus. It is on the back undersurface of the thalamus, above the cerebral peduncle. It receives auditory axons from the inferior colliculus, and it sends axons to the auditory cortex (superior temporal gyrus of Heschel [area 41]) in which the neurons are organized according to pitch.  

A depression on the superior edge of the sternum.  

A notch on the superior border of the ramus of the mandible separating the coronoid and condyloid processes.  

Painless smooth or warty lesions due to a poxvirus that is transmitted from the udders of infected cows to the hands of milkers.  

Small round density, 1 to 5 mm in diameter, as seen on the chest radiograph (e.g., in disseminated tuberculosis).  

Difficulty in adapting to sleeping during the day and working at night. In the U.S. about 7.3 million people work at night and are forced to attempt to readjust their daynight schedule for working and sleeping. Adaptation may be facilitated by making the work space as light as possible and scheduling the sleep period (8…

An asymmetrical motor weakness occasionally found in middle-aged men.  

Neuroma composed of medullated nerve fibers.  

Simultaneous impairment of a number of peripheral nerves.  

A nerve containing both afferent (sensory) and efferent (motor) fibers.