Body Parts
- transverse process
- one of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs
- tube foot
- tentacular tubular process of most echinoderms (starfish and sea urchins and holothurians) having a sucker at the end and used for e.g. locomotion and respiration
- fimbria
- thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube)
- nail
- horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
- musculus abductor digiti minimi pedis
- the abductor muscles of the little toe
- sigmoid sinus
- an S-shaped dural sinus on the temporal and occipital bones
- webbed foot
- a bird's foot with folds of skin between the toes
- Wernicke's center
- the auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people
- osmoreceptor
- sensory end organ that responds to changes in osmotic pressure
- cortical area
- any of various regions of the cerebral cortex
- thoracic duct
- the major duct of the lymphatic system
- vena genus
- veins that drain blood from structures around the knee; empty into the popliteal vein
- external jugular vein
- formed by the junction of the posterior auricular and the retromandibular veins; empties into the subclavian vein
- teres major
- teres muscle that moves the arm and rotates it medially
- cervical plexus
- a nerve plexus lying beneath the sternocleidomastoid muscle
- tissue layer
- a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants
- metencephalon
- the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum
- vena comitans
- a vein accompanying another structure; a vein may accompany an artery in such a way that the arterial pulses aid venous return
- Eustachian tube
- either of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx; equalizes air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum
- vesica
- a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas)
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