| IS | ileal segment; immediate sensitivity; immune serum; immunosuppression; impingement syndrome; incenti... |
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| LICM | left intercostal margin |
| LICS | left intercostal space |
| LIS | laboratory information system; lateral intercellular space; left intercostal space; library informat... |
| RICM | right intercostal margin |
| superior intercostal vein | <anatomy, vein> See: left superior intercostal vein, right superior intercostal vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| supreme intercostal artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, costocervical trunk; distribution, structures of first and second intercostal spaces via its terminal branches, posterior intercostal arteries 1 and 2; anastomoses, anterior intercostal branches of internal thoracic. Synonym: arteria intercostalis suprema, highest intercostal artery, supreme intercostal artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| supreme intercostal vein | <anatomy, vein> The vein draining the first intercostal space into either the vertebral or the brachiocephalic vein. Synonym: vena intercostalis suprema, supreme intercostal vein. (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) |
| intercostal | <anatomy> Situated between the ribs. Origin: L. Costa = rib (18 Nov 1997) |
| intercostal anaesthesia | Regional anaesthesia produced by injection of local anaesthetic solution about intercostal nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercostal arteries | Arteries which course in the thoracic wall between ribs. See: anterior intercostal arteries, posterior intercostal arteries 1-2, posterior intercostal arteries 3-11, superior intercostal artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercostal ligaments | The membranous layers between ribs. Synonym: membranae intercostalia, intercostal ligaments, ligamenta intercostalia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercostal lymph nodes | One or two small nodes located posteriorly in each intercostal space; they receive lymph from the parietal pleura, intercostal space, and posterior body wall; the nodes in the upper spaces empty into the thoracic duct; the nodes in the lower spaces form a descending intercostal trunk that opens into the cisterna chyli. Synonym: nodi lymphatici intercostales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercostal membranes | The membranous layers between ribs. Synonym: membranae intercostalia, intercostal ligaments, ligamenta intercostalia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercostal muscle | <anatomy> Muscle tissue between two ribs. This muscle is a type called skeletal muscle. (12 Dec 1998) |
| intercostal muscles | Respiratory muscles that arise from the lower border of one rib and insert into the upper border of the adjoining rib, and contract during inspiration or respiration. (12 Dec 1998) |
| intercostal neuralgia | Pain in the chest wall due to neuralgia of one or more of the intercostal nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercostal space | An interval between the ribs, occupied by intercostal muscles, veins, arteries and nerves. Synonym: spatium intercostale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercostal veins | See: anterior intercostal veins, posterior intercostal veins, highest intercostal vein, left superior intercostal vein. (05 Mar 2000) |