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Ureteroceles can cause significant anatomic distortion to other surrounding structures such as the ureteral orifice of the other kidney (contralateral), the trigone and the bladder neck.
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The hymen is a membranous fold of tissue that covers the external vaginal orifice. The biological function of the human hymen is still uncertain; scientists hypothesize that it protects the vagina from infection in infants.
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This fold of mucous membrane is usually present at birth at the orifice of the vagina. In medicine, it is called the vaginal membrane or the hymen. Hymen is a Greek word meaning "skin" or "membrane.
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Lacrimal ductA short canal leading from a small orifice at the medial angle of each eyelid to the lacrimal sac.
Lacrimal glandAn almond-shaped gland that secretes tears.
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The liquid medication (insulin) is forced at high speed through a tiny orifice that is held against the skin; a very fine, high-pressure stream of medication penetrates the skin and is deposited in the tissue beneath.
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A narrowing or constriction of the diameter of a passage or orifice, such as a blood vessel.
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Other ways people injure themselves include scratching, picking, biting, scraping and occasionally inserting sharp objects under the skin or into body orifices and swallowing sharp objects or harmful substances.
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Because of the high incidence of tumor recurrence within the intramural ureter among patients who have had incomplete excision of this area, nephroureterectomy should include the entire ureter and a margin of periureteral orifice mucosa ('bladder ...
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