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The ulna and the radius.  

Childbirth where the doctor uses forceps to help the baby out of the mother’s uterus. Use of a hinged device with two curved arms that are inserted into a woman’s vagina during childbirth and fit around a child’s head, being then used to aid delivery. Forceps are generally removed as soon as the head is…

A surgical instrument with handles like a pair of scissors, made in different sizes and with differently shaped ends, used for holding and pulling. Any of a large variety of surgical instruments used to grasp, handle, pull, or otherwise manipulate a body part or a fetus. A medical instrument designed to grasp an object so…

To make someone swallow food against their will, e.g. by using a tube to put it directly down their throat.  

The maximum amount of air that can be expelled in a given time. The volume of air that can be expired after a full inspiration. The expiration is done as quickly as possible and the volume measured at precise times; at ½, 1, 2, and 3 sec. This provides valuable information concerning the ability to…

The hole at the bottom of the skull where the brain is joined to the spinal cord. A large opening at the base of the cranium near the occipital bone that the spinal cord passes through as it connects with the medulla oblongata. The opening in the occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes…

A device to reduce the risk of post-operative deep-vein thrombosis by mechanical use of leg muscles.  

An adverse reaction to some foods such as oranges, eggs, tomatoes and strawberries. General term describing an abnormal physiological response to food or food additives that does not appear to be immunological in nature. A general term for a regular adverse reaction to a food or food additive, not stemming from food poisoning or a…

The passage from the mouth to the rectum through which food passes and is digested.  

An allergy to a specific food such as nuts, which causes a severe reaction that may lead to life-threatening anaphylactic shock. Immunological reaction to food or a food product. There are many foods that may cause allergic reactions, but in only a few have the allergens been isolated and identified. The most common foods are…