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Reaction occurring without intention or volition. Done automatically, without any conscious thought or decision-making being involved. Done without conscious thought or control of the will. An event that happens without conscious intention.  

Animals that have no spinal column. An animal without a backbone. The following are invertebrate groups of medical importance: insects, ticks, nematodes, flukes, protozoans, and tapeworms.  

Non-coding, intervening sequences of DNA that are transcribed, but are removed from within the primary gene transcript and rapidly degraded during maturation of messenger RNA. Most genes in the nuclei of eukaryotes contain introns, as do mitochondrial and chloroplast genes. Segment of a gene that is transcribed but then removed from the primary transcript by…

Situated entirely within or pertaining exclusively to a part. Refers to the essential nature of a substance or structure. Within the individual arising inside the mind or the body, extrinsic. Belonging to the essential nature of an organism, or entirely within an organ or part. Belonging to the essential nature of a thing. It is…

Within a vessel or vessels. Within the vascular tree. An intravascular (IV) injection is one where a substance is injected into a vein.  

Within the eye. Between the cornea and the lens of the eye.  

Within or into muscle. Inside a muscle an intramuscular injection. A method of administration of medication or nourishment, in which an injection is given into a patient’s muscle. A medical term referring to “inside a muscle,” such as in the case of an intramuscular injection, where a medication is injected deeply into a muscle.  

Membranes of subcellular structures.  

Inside a cell. Within a cell or cells.