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• List of cancer types
  *Brain tumor, visual pathway and hypothalamic glioma *Glioma, Childhood Visual Pathway and Hypothalamic
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• List of dog diseases
  ...'''list of dog diseases''' is a continuously updated selection of diseases and other conditions found in the [[dog]]. Some of these diseases are unique to ...stemper]] is an often fatal infectious disease that mainly has respiratory and neurologic signs.<ref>{{cite web | title = Canine Distemper: Introduction |
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• List of fictional diseases
  Items in this list are followed by a brief description of symptoms and other details. ...apid rate, is spread by [[transmission (medicine)|airborne transmission]], and is extremely [[infectious disease|contagious]].
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• Persistent generalized lymphadenopathy
  ...nopathy]]''. Usually this is in response to a significant systemic disease and will subside once the person has recovered. Sometimes it can persist long-t ...y subside. Children often have generalised lymphadenopathy of the head and neck, or even PGL, without the finding of a sinister cause. At [[puberty]] this
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• Lymphedema
  ...'lymphatic obstruction''', is a condition of localized [[fluid]] retention and tissue swelling caused by a compromised [[lymphatic system]]. ...mphatic system returns the [[interstitial fluid]] to the [[thoracic duct]] and then to the bloodstream, where it is recirculated back to the tissues.
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• Lymphangioma
  ...ut 90% occur in children less than 2 years of age and involve the head and neck. These malformations are either congenital or acquired. Congenital lymphan ...ical excision]], [[laser ablation|laser]] and [[radiofrequency ablation]], and [[sclerotherapy]].
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• Lymph duct
  ...ht upper limb, right side of [[thorax]] and right halves of [[head]] and [[neck]].
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• Lymphatic system
  ...as we know it today was first described independently by [[Olaus Rudbeck]] and [[Thomas Bartholin]].<!--As of now, this stands unsubstantiated. I doubt if ...directly come in contact with the [[parenchyma]]l [[cell (biology)|cells]] and [[tissue (biology)|tissues]] in the body, but constituents of the blood fir
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• Lymphatic System Assessment
  | Name = Head/Neck lymph nodes | Caption2 = Superficial lymph glands and lymphatic vessels of head and neck. (Buccinator glands labeled at center right.)
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• Lymph node
  Caption = A lymph node showing [[Afferent lymph vessel|afferent]] and [[Efferent lymph vessel|efferent]] [[lymphatic vessel]]s | ...ite blood cell|immune cells]]. Lymph nodes are found all through the body, and act as filters or traps for foreign particles. They are important in the pr
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• Systemic circulation
  ...culation]] was first described by [[William Harvey]]. This term is opposed and contrasted to the term [[pulmonary circulation]] first proposed by [[Ibn al | title = Human Biology and Health
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• Fascia
  ...nective tissue]] that surrounds muscles, groups of muscles, blood vessels, and nerves, binding those structures together like plastic sandwich wraps.<ref ...a, and a subserous (or visceral) fascia and extends uninterrupted from the head to the tip of the toes.<ref name="sport-fitness-advisor">{{cite web
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• Hypophyseal portal system
  ...stem''') is the system of [[blood vessel]]s that link the [[hypothalamus]] and the [[anterior pituitary]] in the [[brain]]. ...ic-pituitary-adrenal axis]]. The [[anterior pituitary]] receives releasing and inhibitory [[hormones]] in the blood. Using these, the anterior pituitary i
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• Vein
  ...structure and function; for example, arteries are more muscular than veins and they carry blood away from the heart. ...Maryanna Quon Warner, David LaHart, Jill D. Wright | title = Human Biology and Health | publisher = Prentice Hall | date = 1993 | location = Englewood Cli
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• Pharyngeal plexus (venous)
  ...urface of the pharynx, and, after receiving some posterior meningeal veins and the vein of the [[pterygoid canal]], end in the [[internal jugular]]. * http://anatomy.uams.edu/AnatomyHTML/veins_head&neck.html
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• Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency
  ...interna'' (that is stenosed or have a malformed valve that leads to CCSVI) and smaller veins that provide collateral circulation (they are visible in pati ...nous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis. Correlation of symptoms at onset and clinical course. |journal=Int Angiol |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=183–8 |ye
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• Artery
  ...s blood is normally oxygenated, exceptions made for the [[lung|pulmonary]] and [[Umbilical artery|umbilical arteries]]. ...e]], each may directly result from an arterial system that has been slowly and progressively compromised by years of deterioration. (See [[atherosclerosis
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• Gabapentin
  ...analogue]]. It was originally developed for the treatment of [[epilepsy]], and currently, gabapentin is widely used to relieve [[pain]], especially [[neur ...ion channels]]. It is thought to bind to the α2δ subunit ([[CACNA2D1|1]] and [[CACNA2D2|2]])<ref name="pmid18299583">{{cite journal |author=Hendrich J,
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• Cannabis (drug)
  ...annabis, see [[Cannabis#Industrial and personal uses|Cannabis - Industrial and personal uses]].}} ...tain large quantities of [[Tetrahydrocannabinol|THC]], [[Cannabidiol|CBD]] and other [[cannabinoids]].
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• Sulindac
  | excretion = [[Kidney|Renal]] (50%) and fecal (25%) ...its NSAID properties is unknown, but it is thought to act on enzymes COX-1 and COX-2, inhibiting prostaglandin synthesis.
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