| inner | 1. Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an spirit or its phenomena. "This attracts the soul, Governs the inner man,the nobler part." (Milton) 3. Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure. Inner house, the angle formed by the inner edges of a carpenter's square. Origin: AS. Innera, a compar. Fr. Inne within, fr. In in. See In. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| inner cell mass | A group of cells found in the mammalian blastocyst that give rise to the embryo and are potentially capable of forming all tissues, embryonic and extra embryonic, except the trophoblast. (18 Nov 1997) |
| inner dental epithelium | Inner enamel epithelium, the columnar epithelial layer of enamel matrix, secreting ameloblasts, of the odontogenic organ of a developing tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inner malleolus | The process at the medial side of the lower end of the tibia, forming the projection of the medial side of the ankle. Synonym: malleolus medialis, inner malleolus, internal malleolus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inner membrane | The smaller of a double membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inner sheath | The material that encases the two central microtubules of the ciliary axoneme. (18 Nov 1997) |
| inner table of skull | The inner compact layer of the cranial bones. Synonym: lamina interna cranii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| innermost intercostal muscle | <anatomy> A layer parallel to and essentially part of the internal intercostal muscle but separated from it by the intercostal vessels and nerves.internal intercostal muscle for attachment, action and nerve supply. Synonym: musculus intercostalis intimus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| innervate | <anatomy> To supply with nerves; as, the heart is innervated by pneumogastric and sympathetic branches. See: Innerve. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| innervation | 1. <anatomy> The distribution or supply of nerves to a part. 2. <physiology> The supply of nervous energy or of nerve stimulus sent to a part. Origin: L. Nervus = nerve (18 Nov 1997) |
| innervation apraxia | An inability to make movements or to use objects for the purpose intended. Synonym: cortical apraxia, innervation apraxia, limb-kinetic apraxia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hair cells, inner | Bulbous cells that are medially placed in one row in the organ of corti. In contrast to the outer hair cells, the inner hair cells are fewer in number, have fewer sensory hairs, and are less differentiated. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Ehrlich's inner body | A round oxyphil body found in the red blood cell in case of haemocytolysis due to a specific blood poison. Synonym: Heinz-Ehrlich body. (05 Mar 2000) |