Glossary

Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma – benign, slow growing tumors arising within the central nervous system. They commonly contain cysts and enhance with contrasting agents on imaging.

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis – commonly referred to as JIA or Juvenile idiopathic arthritis. This is a childhood arthritis that may be transient and self-limited or chronic. It is an autoimmune disorder that commonly occurs between 7 to 12 of age, but can occur at any time in childhood or adolescence.

Kinase insert domain receptor – a VEGF receptor. KDR is also known as Flk1.

Toradol-an potent non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that can be administered orally or as an intramuscular injection.

Klippel-Feil 1

Klippel-Feil 2

Klippel-Feil 3

Klippel-Feil 4

kyphosis (from Greek κυφός kyphos, a hump) refers to the normal convex curvature seen in the thoracic and sacral regions of the spine. It is commonly used to also describe abnormally excessive convex curvature (also referred to as hyperkyphosis). Curvature in opposite (concave) direction is referred to as lordosis.

The Inferior Anastomotic Vein.  This is the major draining vein of the lateral surface of the temporal lobe. It drains the veins of the lateral sulcus into the transverse sinus.