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Nerve cell; conducts electrical signals. 1) A type of cell that receives and sends messages from the body to the brain and back to the body. The messages are sent by a weak electrical current. Also called nerve cell. 2) The basic cellular units of nervous tissue. Each...
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The clinical subspecialty concerned with the diagnostic radiology of diseases of the central nervous system, head, and neck. The use of medical interventional radiologic techniques in which fluoroscopic imaging is used to guide catheters in blood vessels.
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Denoting a procedure that does not require insertion of an instrument or device through the skin or a body orifice for diagnosis or treatment. In cancer, it describes disease that has not spread outside the tissue in which it began.
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The clinical discipline concerned with the diagnostic and theraputic uses of radionuclides (an isotope of artificial or natural origin that exhibits radioactivity), excluding the therapeutic use of sealed radiation sources. Certain imaging procedures, including PET...
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The center of the cell containing the genetic information (genes and chromosomes, DNA, etc.). The appearance of the nucleus is used as a criterion to determine the malignant potential of a cell or tissue.
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Anterior projection of the olfactory lobe that is the place of termination of the olfactory nerves. One of two structures connected to the olfactory tracts to which the olfactory cells are anchored.
