Anatomy Vocab E-I

Question 1

The organ of hearing.

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Ear (Pinna)

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Abnormal accumulation of tissue fluid in the loose connective tissue; causes the affected body region to swell.

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Edema (Dropsy)

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Muscle or gland capable of being activated by motor nerve endings.

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Effector

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Carrying away or away from, especially nerve fiber that carries impulses away from the central nervous system. _____ neurons are also known as motor neurons.

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Efferent

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A raised surface or part.

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Elevation

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Excessive leanness; a wasted condition resulting in sunken surfaces of the face.

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Emaciation

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A severe skin irritation due to prolonged exposure to formaldehyde or other embalming chemicals.

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Embalmer’s Eczema

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Any abnormal mass carried freely in the bloodstream; maybe a blood clot, bubbles of air, mass of fat, or clumps of cells.

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Embolus

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A prominence or projection, especially of a bone.

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Eminence

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The layer that lines the inner surface of the heart wall; consists of endothelium and areolar connective tissue.

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Endocardium

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Secreting into the blood or tissue fluid rather than into a duct; opposite of exocrine.

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Endocrine

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Mucous membrane lining the uterus.

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Endometrium

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The simplest squamous epithelium that lines the walls of the heart, blood vessels, and lymphatic vessels.

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Endothelium

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The removal of an entire mass or part, especially a tumor of the eyeball, without rupture.

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Enucleation

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An organic catalyst produced by living cells and capable of autolytic decomposition.

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Enzyme

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The outermost layer of skin.

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Epidermis (Cuticle, Scarf Skin)

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Bleeding from the nose.

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Epistaxis

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Comma-shaped structure in the scrotum adjacent to the testis; contains a duct in which the sperm mature.

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Epididymis

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A leaf-shaped piece of elastic cartilage that extends from the posterior surface of the tongue to the larynx; covers the opening of the larynx during swallowing.

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Epiglottis

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Ends of a long bone.

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Epiphyses

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A primary tissue that covers body surfaces and lines body cavities; its cells are arranged in.

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Epithelium

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When mature, this kind of cell is literally a sac of hemoglobin (oxygen carrying protein) covered by a plasma membrane.

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Erythrocyte (Red Blood Cell)

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Female sex hormones.

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Estrogens

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A term applied to the external secretion of a gland.

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Exocrine

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Glands that secrete onto body surfaces or into body cavities; except for the one-celled goblet cells, all of these glands have ducts.

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Exocrine Glands

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Loss of blood to the point where life can no longer be sustained.

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Exsanguination

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Straightening out a body part such as the arm.

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Extension

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Exterior; the opposite of medial or internal.

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External

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The lateral, outer opening of the external auditory canal.

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External Auditory Meatus

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Outside a cell.

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Extracellular

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Outside the blood vascular system.

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Extravascular

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Originating outside an organ or part.

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Extrinsic

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The superficial hairs covering the superciliary arches.

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Eyebrows (Supercilium)

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Two movable flaps of skin which cover and uncover each eyeball.

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Eyelids (Palpebrae)

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The bony region containing the eyeball; the orbital cavity.

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Eye Socket (Orbital Cavity)

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Sheet of connective tissue.

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Fascia

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Organic compound containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen; chemically, a triglyceride ester, composed of glycerol and fatty acids.

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Fat

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A product of decomposition of fats.

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Fatty Acids

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Fibrous insoluble protein formed during blood clotting; takes the form of a fiber network.

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Fibrin

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Passage of a solution or suspension through a membrane or filter, with the purpose of holding back the larger particles.

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Filtration

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Groove.

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Fissure

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Bending a body part such as the arm.

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Flexion

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A hold, small opening; example, ______ magnum of the occipital bone.

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Foramen

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An opening of the occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes from the brain.

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Foramen Magnum

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A hollow depression; example, mandibular fossa or the temporal bone that serves as the socket for the lower jawbone.

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Fossa

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Cavity or hollow.

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Fovea

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The vertical restraining fold of mucous membrane on the midline of the inside of each lip connecting the lip with the gum.

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Frenulum

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The anterior third of the cranium, forming the forehead and the anterior portion of the roof of the skull.

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Frontal Bone

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The two rounded prominences, one on each side of the frontal bone, located where the forehead turns backward to become the anterior portion of the crown of the head.

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Frontal Eminences

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The ascending part of the upper jaw which gradually protrudes as it rises beside the nasal bone to meet the frontal bone; the ascending process of the upper jaw.

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Frontal Process of The Maxilla

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The hollows formed on either side of the separation of the two plates of the frontal bone beneath the superciliary ridge.

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Frontal Sinuses

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Helps to raise the eyebrows.

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Frontalis Muscle

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Base of a hollow organ, for example, the part farthest from its outlet.

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Fundus

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A crevice in the skin accompanied by adjacent elevations.

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Furrow (Wrinkle)

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A pear-shaped sac on the underside of the right lobe of the liver that stores bile received from the liver.

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Gallbladder

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Combining form meaning stomach.

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Gaster

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Pertaining to the stomach.

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Gastric

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Reproductive organs.

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Genitalia

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The period of pregnancy; averages 280 days in humans.

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Gestation

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The single bony prominence of the frontal bone located between the superciliary arches in the inferior part of the frontal bone above the root of the nose.

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Glabella

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A secretory organ of structure; a cell or group of cells that can manufacture a secretion discharged and used in some other part of the body.

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Gland

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A protein found in blood.

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Globin

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Of the tongue.

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Glossal

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The opening between the two vocal cords in the larynx.

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Glottis

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The principal blood sugar; the main sugar used by cells for energy.

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Glucose

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The buttocks.

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Gluteal

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A long chain of glucose molecules; the main form in which sugar is stored in animal cells; takes the form of dense granules in the cytoplasm.

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Glycogen

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Primary reproductive organ: the testis of the male or the ovary of the female.

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Gonad

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Gray area of the central nervous system; contains neuron cell bodies and unmyelinated processes of neurons.

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Gray Matter

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The viscous, spongy part of the extracellular matrix of connective tissue; its large molecules attract water and hold tissue fluid.

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Ground Substance

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Refers to the study of the body with the unaided eye.

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Gross Anatomy

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An influential person in medical embalming who discovered the circulation of blood in 1628.

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Harvey, Dr. William

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A rounded projection beyond a narrow neckline portion; example: ____ of the femur.

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Head

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Abnormal heart sound (usually resulting from valve problems).

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Heart Murmur

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The outer rim of the ear.

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Helix

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Blood present in vomitus; vomiting of blood from the stomach.

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Hematemesis

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The study of the blood.

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Hematology

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A mass of blood that has been bled from blood vessels into the tissues.

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Hematoma

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The non-protein portion of hemoglobin; the red pigment of the hemoglobin.

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Heme

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The red respiratory portion of the red blood cells; iron containing pigment of red blood cells functioning to carry oxygen to the cells.

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Hemoglobin

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Blood in sputum.

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Hemoptysis

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Pertaining to the liver.

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Hepar (Hepactic)

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A gland that has both endocrine and exocrine functions (example: pancreas).

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Heterocrine

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Depression where vessels enter an organ.

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Hilus or Hilum

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Shaped like the letter U; bone of this shape at the base of the tongue.

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Hyoid

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The third portion of the small intestine, about 12 feet in length.

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Ileum

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The depression between the mental eminence and the inferior incisor teeth.

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Incisive Fossa

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The four teeth located anteriorly from the midline on each jaw, used for cutting.

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Incisor Teeth

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Beneath; lower; used medically in reference to the undersurface of an organ or indicating a structure below another surface.

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Inferior

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The lowermost scroll-shaped bones on the sidewalls of the nasal cavity.

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Inferior Nasal Conchae

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The furrow of the lower attached order of the inferior palpebra; an acquired facial marking.

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Inferior Palpebral Sulcus

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A form of prognathism in which the base of the nasal cavity protrudes abnormally.

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Infranasal Prognathism

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Pertaining to the groin.

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Inguinal

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Anatomical structure forming the base of the femoral triangle; extends from the anterior superior iliac spine to the pubic tubercle. The base of the femoral triangle.

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Inquinal Ligament (Poupartous Ligament)

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Eminence at the medial corner of the closed eyelids.

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Inner Canthus

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Relating to the integument (a covering; the skin, consisting of the corium or dermis, and epidermis).

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Integumentary

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Superiorly, the skin portion of the upper lip from the attached margin of the upper mucous membrane to the base of the nose; and inferiorly, the skin portion of the lower lip from the attached margin of the lower mucous membrane to the labiomental sulcus.

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Integumentary Lips

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Between the cells of a structure.

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Intercellular

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The vertical or transverse furrows between the eyebrows; acquired facial markings.

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Interciliary Sulci

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Space between the ribs.

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Intercostal Space

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Fluid in the supporting connective tissues surrounding body cells (about one-fifth of the body weight).

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Interstitial Fluid

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Within a cell or cells.

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Intracellular

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Within the body; within or on the inside; the opposite of external.

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Internal

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Of or forming small spaces between things. Intercellular.

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Interstitial

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From within the body.

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Intrinsic

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Reduction in arterial blood supply.

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Ischemia

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A tiny isolated mass of one kind of tissue within another type.

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Islet

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Clusters of cells in the pancreas that are responsible for secreting insulin.

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Islets of Langerhans