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A muscle lying completely inside the part or segment, especially of a limb, which it moves. A muscle that is contained entirely within the organ or part it acts on. For example, there are intrinsic muscles of the tongue, whose contractions change the shape of the tongue. A muscle that has both its origin and…

A ligament which forms part of the capsule surrounding a joint.  

An X-ray examination of the urinary tract after opaque liquid has been injected intravenously into the body and taken by the blood into the kidneys. Radiological technique for examining the structures of the urinary system to detect tumors, cysts, stones, or structural or functional abnormalities. A contrast medium is injected intravenously, and a series of…

Into a vein.  

The procedure of giving someone liquid food by means of a tube inserted into a vein. Administration of nutrients through a vein. The provision of total or partial nutritional requirements intravenously; essential in treating some diseases. It is accomplished by carefully controlling the composition of fluid given with respect to total calories derived from protein…

A thin tube that is inserted into a vein and is used to very gradually give a person fluids, either for rehydration, feeding or medication purposes. Slow injection of a solution into a vein a drop at a time.  

A plane at right angles to the sagittal plane, passing through the tubercles of the iliac crests.  

Introduced into, or inside, the trachea. Inside the trachea, which is the primary airway connecting the throat to the lungs.  

High-resolution imaging used in surgery.  

The pressure inside the eyeball. Internal pressure of the eye regulated by resistance to the outward flow of aqueous humor. Measurement of the force exerted within the eye by the intraocular fluid. The force exerted by the fluid inside the eye pressing out against the eyeball. Normal intraocular pressure is between lo and 21 millimeters…