Body Parts
- spicule
- small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
- animal foot
- the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
- spare tire
- excess fat around the waistline
- atrioventricular valve
- either of two heart valves through which blood flows from the atria to the ventricles; prevents return of blood to the atrium
- anterior cerebral vein
- accompanies the anterior cerebral artery and empties into the basal vein
- artery of the penis bulb
- a branch of the internal pudendal artery of males that supplies the bulb of the penis
- varicose vein
- a vein that is permanently dilated; most common in the legs
- plexus lumbalis
- a lymphatic plexus located along the lower portion of the aorta and iliac vessels
- capillary bed
- a layer of tissue densely packed with capillaries
- enarthrodial joint
- a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
- central vein of suprarenal gland
- a single draining vein; on the right it empties into the inferior vena cava; on the left it empties into the left renal vein
- spinal nerve roots
- either of two roots of the spinal nerves
- earlobe
- the fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear
- acrosome
- a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg
- cerebrum
- anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans
- abdominal muscle
- the muscles of the abdomen
- ophryon
- the craniometric point in the midline of the forehead immediately above the orbits
- round bone
- bones that are round in shape
- blister
- (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
- bubo
- a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis
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