| LIS | laboratory information system; lateral intercellular space; left intercostal space; library informat... |
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| L | lat left lateral |
| LLB | left lateral border; long-leg brace |
| LLD | left lateral decubitus [muscle]; leg length discrepancy; long-lasting depolarization |
| LLR | large local reaction; left lateral rectus [muscle]; left lumbar region |
| inferior surface of petrous part of temporal bone | Inferior surface of petrous part of the temporal bone; the portion of the petrous part of the temporal bone that contributes to the external base of the skull. Synonym: facies inferior partis petrosae ossis temporalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| infraclavicular part of brachial plexus | The part of the brachial plexus that extends from the level of the clavicle downward into the axilla; it includes the cords of the plexus and their branches. Synonym: pars infraclavicularis plexus brachialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infralobar part of posterior branch of right pulmonary vein | <anatomy, vein> The vein draining the posterior segment of the right lung that emerges inferior to the superior lobe; tributary to the posterior branch of the right superior pulmonary vein. Synonym: pars infralobaris rami posterioris venae pulmonalis dextrae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infrasegmental part | A vein receiving blood from adjacent bronchopulmonary segments; it emerges from the inferior margin of a segment to become a tributary of a branch of a pulmonary vein. Synonym: infrasegmental part, intersegmental part of pulmonary vein, pars infrasegmentalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infundibular part | <anatomy> The upward extension of the anterior lobe that wraps around the infundibular stalk; its cells, mostly gonadotropic, are arranged in cords and clusters; it is supplied by the superior hypophyseal arteries and contains the first capillary bed and the venules of a portal system that carries neurosecretory factors from the hypothalamus to a second capillary bed in the adenohypophysis where they regulate the release of hormones. See: hypophysis. Synonym: infundibular part, pars infundibularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| insular part | insular part |
| insular part of middle cerebral artery | insular part of middle cerebral artery |
| intercartilaginous part of glottic opening | The opening between the vocal processes of the arytenoid cartilages. Synonym: pars intercartilaginea rimae glottidis, glottis respiratoria, intercartilaginous part of glottic opening. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercartilaginous part of rima glottidis | The opening between the vocal processes of the arytenoid cartilages. Synonym: pars intercartilaginea rimae glottidis, glottis respiratoria, intercartilaginous part of glottic opening. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermediate part | Central portion; the portion located between extreme portions of a structure; an interposed or intervening part. See: intermediate part of adenohypophysis, intermediate part of vestibular bulb. Synonym: pars intermedia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermediate part of adenohypophysis | The part of the adenohypophysis located between the pars distalis and the nervous lobe; poorly developed in humans. Synonym: pars intermedia adenohypophyseos. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermediate part of vestibular bulb | A narrow median band that connects the two masses of erectile tissue (the bulbus vestibuli) on either side of the vaginal orifice. Synonym: pars intermedia commissura bulborum, commissura bulborum, intermediate part of vestibular bulb, pars intermedia bulborum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermembranous part of glottic opening | The portion of the opening anterior to the vocal processes of the arytenoid cartilages bounded by the vocal ligaments. Synonym: pars intermembranacea rimae glottidis, glottis vocalis, intermembranous part of glottic opening. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermembranous part of rima glottidis | The portion of the opening anterior to the vocal processes of the arytenoid cartilages bounded by the vocal ligaments. Synonym: pars intermembranacea rimae glottidis, glottis vocalis, intermembranous part of glottic opening. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intersegmental part of pulmonary vein | A vein receiving blood from adjacent bronchopulmonary segments; it emerges from the inferior margin of a segment to become a tributary of a branch of a pulmonary vein. Synonym: infrasegmental part, intersegmental part of pulmonary vein, pars infrasegmentalis. (05 Mar 2000) |