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61Posterior urethral cancer — is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells are found in the part of the urethra (the tube through which urine leaves the body) that connects to the bladder (the organ that stores urine). External links * [http://www.cancer.gov/Templates/db… …
62posterior auricular artery — n a small branch of the external carotid artery that supplies or gives off branches supplying the back of the ear and the adjacent region of the scalp, the middle ear, tympanic membrane, and mastoid cells called also posterior auricular …
63posterior auricular vein — n a vein formed from venous tributaries in the region behind the ear that joins with the posterior facial vein to form the external jugular vein …
64posterior commissure — n a bundle of white matter crossing from one side of the brain to the other just rostral to the superior colliculi and above the opening of the aqueduct of Sylvius into the third ventricle * * * commissura posterior …
65posterior cord — n a cord of nerve tissue that is formed from the posterior divisions of the three trunks of the brachial plexus and that divides into the axillary and radial nerves compare LATERAL CORD, MEDIAL CORD …
66posterior facial vein — n a vein that is formed in the upper part of the parotid gland behind the mandible by the union of several tributaries, gives off a communication with the facial vein as it passes through the parotid gland, and joins with the posterior auricular… …
67posterior funiculus — n a longitudinal division on each side of the spinal cord comprising white matter between the dorsal root and the posterior median sulcus compare ANTERIOR FUNICULUS, LATERAL FUNICULUS …
68posterior superior alveolar vein — n any of several tributaries of the pterygoid plexus that drain the upper posterior teeth and gums …
69posterior vein of the left ventricle — n a vein that ascends on the surface of the left ventricle facing the diaphragm and that usu. empties into the coronary sinus called also posterior vein …
70posterior cistern — posterior cerebellomedullary cistern cisterna cerebellomedullaris posterior …
