Category: I

An assisted reproduction technique in which an immature oocyte is nurtured in the laboratory until fertilized.  

Massage consisting of centripetal strokings around an affected part when it is impossible to apply treatment directly to the part.  

In embryology, the group of cells within the blastocyst from which the embryo, yolk sac, and amnion develop.  

A loss of body fluid that is not easily measured (e.g., the moisture released in exhalation and perspiration).  

The ridge on the posterior surface of the femur between the greater and lesser trochanters.  

The transverse ridge joining condyles of the femur above the intercondyloid fossa.  

An imaginary line from the inferior orbital margin to the external auditory meatus, used for radiographical positioning of the skull.  

One of two curved ridges on the occipital bone extending laterally from the exterior occipital crest.  

Very light lines in the dentin of a tooth that represent the boundary between the layers of dentin produced daily.  

Periodic dark lines seen in the enamel of a tooth that represent occasional metabolic disturbances of mineralization.