20 Terms
Contributors in Diseases
Diseases
Embolism
Health care; Diseases
Blocking of a blood vessel by a blood clot or foreign matter that has been transported from a distant site by the blood stream.
Ischemia
Health care; Diseases
Blood deficiency in an organ or tissue caused by a constriction or obstruction of its blood vessels.
Aphonia
Health care; Diseases
Complete loss of phonation due to organic disease of the larynx or to nonorganic (i.e., psychogenic) causes.
Cubital tunnel syndrome
Health care; Diseases
Compression of the ulnar nerve in the cubital tunnel, which is formed by the two heads of the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle, humeral-ulnar aponeurosis, and medial ligaments of the elbow. This condition ...
Shoulder impingement syndrome
Health care; Diseases
Compression of the rotator cuff tendons and subacromial bursa between the humeral head and structures that make up the coracoacromial arch and the humeral tuberosities. This condition is associated ...
