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Brachialis
A muscle of the arm lying immediately under the biceps brachii. It flexes the forearm.
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Unloader knee brace
A brace that produces a valgus force on the knee to reduce compressive forces on the medial articular surfaces. It is used to treat patients with deformity and pain caused by osteoarthritis of the knee.
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Bozeman-Fritsch catheter
A double-lumen uterine catheter with several openings at the tip.
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Boyle’s law
A law stating that, at a constant temperature, the volume of a gas varies inversely with the pressure.
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Boyer’s cyst
A painless and gradual enlargement of the subhyoid bursa. A closed epithelial sac derived from a branchial groove of its corresponding pharyngeal pouch.
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Boyden chamber
A chamber used to measure chemotaxis. Cells are placed on one side of a membrane and chemotactic material on the other. The number of cells migrating to the filter quantitates the chemotactic effect.
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Box-note
In emphysema, a hollow sound heard on percussion.
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Boxing
In dentistry, the building up of vertical walls, usually in wax, around an impression to produce the desired size and form of the base of the cast and to preserve certain landmarks of the impression.
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Box and block test
A standardized, timed test of manual dexterity and endurance, used in rehabilitation, in which the subject transfers small blocks from one side of a box to another.
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Bowman’s membrane
The thin homogeneous membrane separating the corneal epithelium from the corneal substance.
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