Category: V

The cavity behind the lens in the eye that contains the vitreous humor. The region of the eye located behind the lens.  

A center in the occipital lobes of the cerebrum that receives visual information transmitted from the retina.  

The center in the medulla oblongata that brings about the constriction of blood vessels.  

Incision into the abdomen through the vagina.  

A catheter in sections to be fitted together so that it is flexible.  

One of two narrow strips of cartilage lying along the anterior portion of the inferior border of the septal cartilage of the nose.  

The normal contraction of the myocardium after electrical depolarization.  

One of the minute vessels that convey blood from a capillary network into the small veins (venules).  

Any malignant neoplasm of the vulva. Of these, 90% are squamous cell carcinomas and the remainder are caused by adenocarcinomas, sarcomas, or Paget’s disease.  

A canal in the medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone for transmission of pterygoid (vidian) vessels and nerve.