See Also: spiral line(medicine)
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Portosystemic shunt (health) and spiral line (medicine)


Portosystemic shunt (health)


An operation to create an opening between the portal vein and Other veins around the liver. Can also be accessed via the jugular vein in angiography. Known as T.I.P.S.







spiral line (medicine)


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intertrochanteric line


A rough line that separates the neck and shaft of the femur anteriorly; it passes downward and medially from the greater trochanter to the lesser trochanter and continues into the medial lip of the linea aspera.

Synonym: linea intertrochanterica, linea spiralis, spiral line.