Category: T

An instrument for excision of a turbinated bone. A surgical instrument utilized for performing a turbinectomy.  

Reduction of the size of the nasal turbinates. The surgery is used occasionally in the management of snoring and airflow disorders.  

A device for estimating the degree of turbidity of a fluid.  

A needle with a curved point that is used in epidural anesthesia. The curve reduces the possibility that the point of the needle and the anesthetic will enter the dura mater.  

The osteofibrous canal in the tarsal area bounded by the flexor retinaculum and tarsal bones. The posterior tibial vessels, tibial nerve, and flexor tendons pass through this tunnel.  

The membrane lining the walls of the closed body cavities and folded over the organs in those cavities, forming the outermost layer of the wall of these organs. The body cavities are the thoracic, abdominal, and pericardial cavities.  

The smooth muscle layer in the walls of organs such as the bronchi, intestines, and blood vessels.  

The mucous membrane lining of various structures.  

A hard alloy composed of tungsten and carbon. It is used as a metallic alternative to diamond in the manufacture of histological knives and surgical instruments.  

Infestation of the skin with Tunga penetrans.