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What does os mean in medical terminology?
An OS is a mouth-like opening. An example are internal and external cervical OS
What is the Latin word for the lips on your face?
The Latin words for mouth or opening are os and ostium. Os meaning mouth, mask, bone, opening. Ostium meaning door, mouth, entrance, gate, or exit.
Why is it called the os of the cervix?
Os is from the old Latin word meaning mouth. It is used today to mean an opening or entrance to a passage, esp. one at either end of the cervix of the uterus.
What does p o mean in the medical field?
By Mouth (per Os) Or Orally
What does digestion system mean?
There is one opening that serves as both mouth and anus
What does po mean medicine?
per OS (latin for 'through the mouth' = (drug administration) orally)
What does the medical abbreviation XPO mean?
x = 10 (mg, g, etc) PO = per os (by mouth)
What is outer cervical os?
The outer cervical os is the opening in the uterine cervix (the neck of the uterus) closer to the vagina. Its counterpart is the interior cervical os, which is opening in the cervix closer to the uterus.
What is the Latin name for mouth?
Os
What does po mean in medicine?
Just to add that p.o it is the initials of the words, Per Os= By mouth
What is the zoology term meaning Mouth?
Os is the zoology term meaning mouth.
Does the blastopore forms a mouth?
In protostome ("first mouth") the blastopore, or the first opening formed becomes the mouth. In deuterostomes ("second mouth"), the blastopore forms the anus and the mouth develops from a second opening.
