Letter: p

Untreated gingivitis that has become a chronic infection with inflammation. Can seed the bloodstream and reach heart valve or surgical site.

Located at, or pertaining to, the periphery, which is the part of the body away from the center. E.g., the peripheral nervous system, as opposed to central nervous system, consists of all the nerves, nerve cords, ganglia, and nerve plexuses outside the brain and spinal cord.

The motor and sensory nerves and ganglia outside the brain and spinal cord. The system consists of 12 pairs of cranial nerves, 31 pairs of spinal nerves, and their various branches in body organs.

Nerve cells outside the brain and spinal cord.

Nutrients delivered intravenously into a peripheral vein usually the hand or forearm.

Type of catheter used for venous access; short term, usually inserted in veins of forearm or hand, low risk for catheter-related blood stream infection.

Type of catheter used for venous access; short to mid term, inserted into basilica, cephalic or brachial veins and enter the superior vena cava, medium risk for catheter-related blood stream infection.

The involuntary rhythmic movement of smooth muscle that pushes food through the digestive tract or urine through the ureters by wave action of a progressive series of contraction and relaxation.

The abdominal cavity, which is lined by the peritoneum.

The smooth transparent serous membrane (sac), consisting of mesothelium and a thin layer of irregular connective tissue, that lines the abdomen cavity and covers most of the viscera contained therein, and consists of an outer layer (peritoneal [or greater] sac) closely adherent to the walls of the abdomen and an inner layer (omental bursa [lesser sac] connected by the epiploic foramen) that folds to invest the viscera.