A view that passes from side to side at 90° to an AP or PA view

A change in electricity in the heart caused by an electrical impulse and resulting in contraction of individual myocardial cells.

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The relief of pain

A chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways associated with changes in airway hyperresponsiveness.

A grade II nerve injury resulting from nerve stretching in which the endoneurium remains intact.

A primary sarcoma of the bone that usually arises in the diaphyses of long bones, ribs, and flat bones of children and adolescents

The location of excessive body fat resulting in a pear shape; not associated with serious cardiovascular complications.

A tough, rope-like cord of fibrous tissue at both the origin and insertion of muscle.

A fracture in which the fracture line is perpendicular to the shaft of the bone