Colorectal

Cancer that starts in the colon (also called the large intestine) or the rectum (the end of the large intestine). Several digestive diseases may increase a person’s risk of ...

colorectal cancer

Health care; Cancer treatment

Cancer that develops in the colon (the longest part of the large intestine) and/or the rectum (the last several inches of the large intestine before the anus).

colorectal cancer

Health care; Women’s health

Cancer of the colon or rectum is also called colorectal cancer. See colon cancer.

kinase

Health care; Genetic disorders

Any of various enzymes that catalyze the transfer of phosphate groups from a high-energy phosphate-containing molecule (as ATP or ADP) to a substrate--called also phosphokinase.

hyperostosis

Health care; Genetic disorders

Increase in the mass of bone per unit volume.

type I skeletal muscle fibers

Health care; Genetic disorders

Skeletal muscle fibers having low myofibrillar ATPase activity, low glycogen content, and high myoglobin content, high mitochondrial oxidative enzyme activities, and an ...

pericardium

Health care; Genetic disorders

The fibroserous sac surrounding the heart and the roots of the great vessels.

fetus

Health care; Genetic disorders

An unborn or unhatched vertebrate especially after attaining the basic structural plan of its kind; specifically: a developing human from usually two months after conception to ...

myosin light chain

Health care; Genetic disorders

The smaller subunits of myosins that bind near the head groups of myosin heavy chains. The myosin light chains have a molecular weight of about 20 KDa and there are usually one ...