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  • Internal auditory meatus

    A channel which takes the auditory nerve through the temporal bone. The most medial opening of the internal auditory canal, located on the posterior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone, or the canal itself.  

  • Internal

    Inside the body or a body part. Within, inside (e.g., internal organs, organs inside the body). Within the body; within or on the inside; enclosed; inward; the opposite of external.  

  • Intern

    A medical graduate who is working in a hospital before being licensed to practise medicine. Physician (graduate of a medical school) in the first postgraduate year, learning under the supervision of more experienced physicians in a hospital; sometimes called a first-year resident. A resident in the first year of hospital training after medical school. An…

  • Intermittent self-catheterisation

    A procedure in which someone puts a catheter through the urethra into their own bladder from time to time to empty out the urine. A technique in which a patient (of either sex) inserts a disposable catheter through the urethra into the bladder to empty it of urine. It is increasingly used to manage patients…

  • Interlobular artery

    One of the arteries running to the glomeruli of the kidneys.  

  • Interlobar artery

    An artery running towards the cortex on each side of a renal pyramid.  

  • Interleukin

    A protein produced by the body’s immune system. Collective group of multifunctional cytokines; synthesized by lymphocytes, monocytes, and macrophages. A type of cytokine that enables communication among leukocytes and other cells active in inflammation or the specific immune response. The result is a maximized response to a microorganism or other foreign antigen. A collection of…

  • Interior

    A part which is inside. The internal portion or area of something; situated within.  

  • Interdisciplinary

    Combining two or more different areas of medical or scientific study. Involving or overlapping of two or more health care professions in a collaborative manner or effort. Reliant on the overlapping skills and knowledge of each team member and discipline, resulting in synergistic effects where outcomes are enhanced and more comprehensive than the simple aggregation…

  • Interdigital

    Referring to the space between the fingers or toes. A term referring to the space between two fingers or toes. “Interdigital” describes the skin in that region.  

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