paravertebral anesthesia
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paravertebral block — regional anesthesia produced by injection of a local anesthetic around the spinal nerves at their exit from the vertebral column, usually to cause anesthesia of the sympathetic trunk at a given level. Called also paravertebral anesthesia … Medical dictionary
Anesthesia — Loss of feeling or awareness. A local anesthetic causes loss of feeling in a part of the body. A general anesthetic puts the person to sleep. * * * 1. Loss of sensation resulting from pharmacologic depression of nerve function or from neurologic… … Medical dictionary
nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… … Universalium
Hua Tuo — Three Kingdoms infobox Name=Hua Tuo imagesize=185px Caption=Portrait of Hua Tuo. Qing Dynasty print Title=Physician Kingdom=the Eastern Han Dynasty Born= Died=208 Simp=华陀 Trad=華佗 Pinyin=Huà Tuó WG=Hua T o Zi=Yuanhua (元化) Other=Hua Tuo (d. 208)… … Wikipedia
