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- unilateral
- Appearing on one side of the body
- urinalysis
- Group of physical and chemical tests done on a sample of urine to check for various disorders, including those of the kidneys and urinary tract
- urinary incontinence (UI)
- Involuntary loss of urine sufficient enough to be a problem
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- vascular
- Related to blood vessels
- ventricles
- Right and left lower chambers of the heart
- VER (visual evoked responses)
- Measures function of the central nervous system, including the pathway from optic tract
- vertebrae (s., vertebra)
- Bones that make up the spinal column
- vertebral arteries
- Paired arteries located behind the carotid areries that supply the back of the brain and the brainstem
- vertigo
- Dizziness or imbalance of equilibrium that usually causes a spinning sensation
- vestibular system
- Parts of the nervous system that control equilibrium and balance and that coordinate head and eye movement
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- white matter
- Lipid-rich myelinated portion of the brain and spinal cord
- Wilson's disease
- Rare genetic disorder that causes progressive liver, neurologic, and psychiatric disorders that are - if untreated - always fatal
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