Muscular dystrophy, the facts / Alan E.H. Emery.

  • Emery, Alan E. H.
Date:
[1994], ©1994
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Credit: Muscular dystrophy, the facts / Alan E.H. Emery. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    130 Glossary sarcolemma: two-layered outer membrane of muscle fibres scapula: the shoulder blade scapular: around the shoulder scoliosis: curvature of the spine to one side sex chromosomes: the pair of non-autosomal genes which determine an individual's sex (XX in the female, XY in the male) sex-linked: a gene on the X chromosome sibling (or sib): brother or sister skeletal muscles: those muscles which move joints slit lamp: an instrument used by ophthalmologists to examine the lens of the eye smooth muscle: involuntary muscles of the gut and blood vessels somatic cells: celk of the body other than the sex cells {gametes^ germ cells) Southern blot: a method of transferring DNA fragments to a nitro¬ cellulose filter where they can be tested using a gene marker or gene probe steroids: a group of drugs which have a wide range of uses in medicine, including the suppression of the immune response (e.g. after a tissue transplant) syndrome: the complex of signs and symptoms which occur together in any particular disorder talipes: turning in of the sole of the foot tibia: shin bone tibial: relating to the ^ibia tracheostomy: insertion of a tube (airway) into the upper trachea (windpipe) trait: an inherited characteristic ultrasound: sound waves above hearing frequencies, used to study internal body organs (e.g. muscle structure, the position of the placenta, and the fetus in utero) t - I