| IQAS | internal quality assurance system |
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| IRE | internal rotation in extension; iron-responsive element; isolated rabbit eye |
| IRF | idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis; impulse response function; interferon regulatory factor; intern... |
| IRS | immunoreactive secretion; infrared spectrophotometry; insulin receptor species; insulin receptor sub... |
| ISH | icteric serum hepatitis; in situ hybridization; internal self helper; International Society of Hemat... |
| ISV | internal spermatic vein |
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| ITA | internal thoracic arteries |
| ITA's | internal thoracic arteries |
| RITA | right internal thoracic artery |
| ventral sacrococcygeal ligament | <anatomy> The continuation of the anterior longitudinal ligament uniting the sacrum and coccyx. Synonym: ligamentum sacrococcygeum anterius, anterior sacrococcygeal ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ventricular ligament | <anatomy> The thin fibrous layer that lies in the ventricular fold of the larynx. Synonym: ligamentum vestibulare, ligamentum ventriculare, ventricular ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genital ligament | <anatomy> An embryonic mesenchymatous band providing support for the internal genitalia. Synonym: suspensory ligament of gonad. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genitoinguinal ligament | <anatomy> In the foetus, a fold of the mesorchium containing the gubernaculum testis. Synonym: ligamentum genitoinguinale, plica gubernatrix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gerdy's ligament | The continuation of the clavipectoral fascia downward to attach to the axillary fascia; it maintains the characteristic hollow of the armpit. Synonym: Campbell's ligament, Gerdy's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caroticoclinoid ligament | <anatomy> The ligament that connects the anterior to the middle clinoid process of the sphenoid bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vesicoumbilical ligament | <anatomy> One of the ligaments between the urinary bladder and the umbilicus. See: median umbilical ligament, medial umbilical ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vesicouterine ligament | <anatomy> A peritoneal fold extending from the uterus to the posterior portion of the bladder. Synonym: plica uterovesicalis, plica vesicouterina, uterovesical fold, vesicouterine ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vestibular ligament | <anatomy> The thin fibrous layer that lies in the ventricular fold of the larynx. Synonym: ligamentum vestibulare, ligamentum ventriculare, ventricular ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gillette's suspensory ligament | Longitudinal fibre of the oesophagus that attaches to the posterior aspect of the cricoid cartilage of the larynx. Synonym: tendo cricoesophageus, Gillette's suspensory ligament, suspensory ligament of oesophagus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gimbernat's ligament | <anatomy> A curved fibrous band that passes horizontally backward from the medial end of the inguinal ligament to the pectineal line; it forms the medial boundary of the femoral ring. See: aponeurosis of external abdominal oblique muscle. Synonym: ligamentum lacunare, Gimbernat's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflected inguinal ligament | <anatomy> A triangular fibrous band extending from the aponeurosis of the external oblique to the pubic tubercle of the opposite side. See: aponeurosis of external abdominal oblique muscle. Synonym: ligamentum reflexum, Colles' ligament, fascia triangularis abdominis, reflex ligament, triangular fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingivodental ligament | <anatomy> Fibrous connective tissue surrounding the root of a tooth that separates it from and attaches it to the alveolar bone. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reflex ligament | <anatomy> A triangular fibrous band extending from the aponeurosis of the external oblique to the pubic tubercle of the opposite side. See: aponeurosis of external abdominal oblique muscle. Synonym: ligamentum reflexum, Colles' ligament, fascia triangularis abdominis, reflex ligament, triangular fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caudal ligament | Fibrous bands, remnants of the notochord, that extend from the skin to the coccyx, forming the coccygeal foveola. Synonym: retinaculum caudale, caudal ligament, ligamentum caudale. (05 Mar 2000) |