| IMA | Industrial Medical Association; inferior mesenteric artery; Interchurch Medical Assistance; internal... |
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| IMG | inferior mesenteric ganglion; internal medicine group [practice]; international medical graduate |
| IMI | immunologically measurable insulin; impending myocardial infarction; Imperial Mycological Institute ... |
| IMV | inferior mesenteric vein; intermittent mandatory ventilation; intermittent mechanical ventilation; i... |
| INA | infectious nucleic acid; inferior nasal artery; International Neurological Association |
| arteria epigastrica inferior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, external iliac; branches, cremasteric, muscular and pubic; anastomoses, superior epigastric, obturator. With overlying peritoneum, forms lateral umbilical ligament and forms a basis for distinguishing types of inguinal herniae: direct hernias pass medial to the artery; indirect hernias pass laterally. Synonym: arteria epigastrica inferior, deep epigastric artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| arteria genus inferior lateralis | <anatomy, artery> Origin, popliteal; distribution, knee joint; anastomoses, lateral superior genicular and anterior tibial recurrent (and posterior); i.e., articular vascular network of knee. Synonym: arteria genus inferior lateralis, lateral inferior genicular artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria genus inferior medialis | <anatomy, artery> Origin, popliteal; distribution, knee joint; anastomoses, anterior and posterior tibial recurrent and medial superior genicular, i.e., articular vascular network of knee. Synonym: arteria genus inferior medialis, medial inferior genicular artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria glutea inferior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, internal iliac; distribution, hip joint and gluteal region; anastomoses, branches of internal pudendal, lateral sacral, superior gluteal, obturator, medial and lateral circumflex femoral. Synonym: arteria glutea inferior, arteria ischiadica, arteria ischiatica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria hypophysialis inferior | <anatomy, artery> A small branch of the cavernous part of the internal carotid to the hypophysis. Synonym: arteria hypophysialis inferior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria labialis inferior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, facial; distribution, structures of lower lip; anastomoses, the artery from the opposite side, mental and sublabial. Synonym: arteria labialis inferior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria laryngea inferior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, inferior thyroid; distribution, muscles and mucous membrane of larynx; anastomoses, superior laryngeal. Synonym: arteria laryngea inferior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria mesenterica inferior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, abdominal aorta; branches, left colic, sigmoid, superior rectal; anastomoses, middle colic and middle rectal. Synonym: arteria mesenterica inferior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria pancreatica inferior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, dorsal pancreatic; distribution, body and tail of pancreas; anastomoses, great pancreatic artery. Synonym: arteria pancreatica inferior, transverse pancreatic artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria pancreaticoduodenalis inferior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, superior mesenteric; one of two arteries, anterior and posterior; distribution, head of pancreas, duodenum; anastomoses, superior pancreaticoduodenal. Synonym: arteria pancreaticoduodenalis inferior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria phrenica inferior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, the first paired branch from the abdominal aorta inferior to the diaphragm; distribution, diaphragm; anastomoses, superior phrenic, internal thoracic, and musculophrenic. Synonym: arteria phrenica inferior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria rectalis inferior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, internal pudendal; distribution, anal canal, muscles and skin of the anal region, and skin of the buttock; anastomoses, middle rectal, perineal, and gluteal. Synonym: arteria rectalis inferior, inferior haemorrhoidal artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria suprarenalis inferior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, renal; distribution, suprarenal gland. Synonym: arteria suprarenalis inferior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria thyroidea inferior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, terminal branch of thyrocervical trunk (with ascending cervical artery); branches, inferior laryngeal, and muscular, oesophageal, and tracheal. Synonym: arteria thyroidea inferior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria tympanica inferior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, ascending pharyngeal; distribution, middle ear; anastomoses, tympanic branches of other arteries. Synonym: arteria tympanica inferior. (05 Mar 2000) |