See Also: periarteritis nodosa(medicine)
periarteritis(dictionary)
periarteritis(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
serratus(dictionary)
polyarteritis nodosa(medicine)
ophthalmia nodosa(medicine)
arthritis nodosa(medicine)
dermatitis nodosa(medicine)
vasitis nodosa(medicine)

serratus anterior (medicine) and periarteritis nodosa (medicine)


serratus anterior (medicine)


serratus anterior
<anatomy, muscle> Origin, from centre of lateral aspect of first eight to nine ribs; insertion, superior and inferior angles and intervening medial margin of scapula; action, rotates scapula and pulls it forward, elevates ribs; nerve supply, long thoracic from brachial plexus.

Synonym: musculus serratus anterior, anterior serratus muscle, costoscapularis, musculus serratus magnus.


periarteritis nodosa (medicine)


periarteritis nodosa -->
polyarteritis nodosa
<radiology> Necrotizing vasculitis of medium-sized arteries, usually in male adults, associated with hepatitis B antigen, kidney: most frquently involved organ (85%), multiple small intrarenal aneurysms, aneurysms may disappear (thrombosis) or appear in new locations, arterial narrowing and thrombosis (chronic/healing stage), multiple small cortical infarcts, associated with hypertension and renal failure, chest involvement (70%), cardiomegaly/pericardial effusion (14%), wedge shaped/round peripheral infiltrates simulating PE (14%), interstitial lower lung field pneumonitis, also may involve liver (66%), mesenteric vessels (50%), skeletal muscle (39%), skin (20%)