Autonomic Nervous System = sympathetic + parasympathetic
Letter: a
American National Standards Institute
Moving forward, or proceeding towards the front.
Located on or near the front of an organ or on the ventral surface of the body in humans; pertaining to a surface or part situated before or toward the front; situated near or toward the head or part most nearly corresponding to a head.
The broad, strong ligament attached to the ventral surfaces of the vertebral bodies. It extends from the occipital bone and the anterior tubercle of the atlas vertebra to the sacrum.
The view in which the anterior and posterior view can be seen.
Anterior-to-posterior image taken by x-ray, fluoroscopy, magnetic resonance, or other through the body imaging.
The result of laboratory testing for the sensitivity of an isolated bacterial strain to different antibiotics.
An antimicrobial agent, derived from cultures of microorganisms or produced semisynthetically , used to treat infections (almost entirely bacterial infections).
The development of resistance to the action of an antibiotic to which the bacterial strain was formerly sensitive. Resistance can be inherited or acquired from another bacterium (ex. plasmid transfer)