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triangle — In anatomy and surgery, a three sided area with arbitrary or natural boundaries. SEE ALSO: trigonum, region. [L. triangulum, fr. tri , three, + angulus, angle] anal t. [TA] the posterior portion of the perineal region through which the … Medical dictionary
Einthoven galvanometer law (formula) triangle — Ein·tho·ven galvanometer, law (formula), triangle (īnґto vən) [Willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist and Nobel prize winner, 1860–1927] see under galvanometer, law, and triangle … Medical dictionary
Einthoven — Willem, Dutch physiologist and Nobel laureate, 1860–1927. See E. equation, E. law, E. string galvanometer, E. triangle … Medical dictionary
Burger scalene triangle — a triangle providing a reference frame to represent the quantitative relationships between the electromotive forces of the heart and the extremity leads of the electrocardiograph. The lines representing leads I and II are considerably shorter on… … Medical dictionary
Willem Einthoven — Infobox Scientist name = Willem Einthoven image size = 180px caption = Willem Einthoven in 1906 birth date = May 21, 1860 birth place = Semarang death date = September 29, 1927 death place = Leiden, Netherlands nationality = Netherlands field… … Wikipedia
system — 1. [TA] A consistent and complex whole made up of correlated and semiindependent parts. A complex of functionally related anatomic structures. 2. The entire organism seen as a complex organization of parts. 3. Any complex of structures… … Medical dictionary
triaxial reference system — a series of lines used in electrocardiography to describe the potentials in the heart by diagramming frontal plane vectors that represent the standard bipolar limb leads; it is a rearrangement of the vectors composing the Einthoven triangle so… … Medical dictionary
Electrocardiogram — An electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG, abbreviated from the German Elektrokardiogramm ) is a noninvasive transthoracic graphic produced by an electrocardiograph, which records the electrical activity of the heart over time. Its name is made of… … Wikipedia
Electrocardiography — ECG redirects here. For other uses, see ECG (disambiguation). Not to be confused with echocardiogram, electromyogram, electroencephalogram, or EEG. Electrocardiography Intervention Image showing a patient connected to the 10 electrodes necessary … Wikipedia
Electrocardiographie — Électrocardiographie L électrocardiographie est la technique d enregistrement des courants électriques accompagnant les contractions du cœur. Elle est réalisée grâce à un électrocardiographe relié au patient par des électrodes … Wikipédia en Français
