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The sudden development of localized disturbances in the nervous system, usually related to reduced blood in the brain. A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is suddenly interrupted or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts, spilling blood into...
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Beneath the skin. Cutaneous, meaning having to do with the skin; subcutaneous means beneath or under the skin. For example, a cyst located under the skin is a subcutaneous cyst; a subcutaneous port is a tube surgically placed into a blood vessel and attached to a disk...
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Below the lips or labium. Surgical incision below the lip, above the front teeth in the gum line, providing access to the nostril, or followed by splitting the palate (bone) to eventually access the sphenoid sinus.
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Extending below the sella turcica. The sella turcica is the bony structure at the base of the skull in which the pituitary gland rests.
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Above the orbit. Situated or occurring above the orbit (eye socket, orbital cavity) of the eye.
