Body Parts
- introitus
- entrance or opening to a hollow organ or tube (especially the vaginal opening)
- trapezoid
- the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones
- Luschka's tonsil
- a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)
- ophthalmic artery
- a branch of the internal carotid artery that supplies the eye and neighboring structures
- mesothelium
- epithelium originating in the embryonic mesoderm; lines the primordial body cavity
- sweat duct
- a small duct that conveys sweat from a sudoriferous gland to the surface of the skin
- vascular system
- the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant
- corona
- (anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape
- tympanum
- the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear
- elastic tissue
- connective tissue consisting chiefly of elastic fibers found in the dermis of the skin and in the walls of veins and arteries and in some tendons and ligaments
- superficial epigastric vein
- empties into the great saphenous vein
- vena anastomotica
- either of two communicating veins serving the brain
- middle meningeal artery
- branch of the maxillary artery; its branches supply meninges
- stroma
- the supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma)
- hemizygous vein
- a continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein; crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein
- beak
- beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
- right brain
- the cerebral hemisphere to the right of the corpus callosum that controls the left half of the body
- paunch
- a protruding abdomen
- colic vein
- vein serving the large intestine
- splenius muscle
- either of two flat muscles that extend from the upper vertebrae to the base of the skull and serve to rotate or flex or extend the head and neck
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