Body Parts
- pore
- any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
- vena vertebralis accessoria
- a vein that accompanies the vertebral vein but passes through the foramen of the transverse process of the 7th cervical vertebra and empties into the brachiocephalic vein
- waist
- the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
- Meibomian gland
- a long sebaceous gland that lubricates the eyelids
- cloven hoof
- a hoof divided into two parts at its distal extremity (as of ruminants or swine)
- arcus
- a whitish deposit in the shape of an arc that is sometimes seen in the cornea
- germ layer
- (embryology) any of the 3 layers of cells differentiated in embryos following gastrulation
- esophagus
- the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
- thenar
- the fleshy area of the palm at the base of the thumb
- blastodisc
- a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula
- sinus
- an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface
- arteria ovarica
- the artery that branches from the aorta and supplies blood to the ovaries
- posterior cardinal vein
- a major drainage channel from the caudal part of the body
- vena cava
- either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart
- germ
- a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism
- vocal cord
- either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx
- aponeurosis
- any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons
- temporal muscle
- muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws
- crus
- the leg from the knee to foot
- beta receptor
- receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasodilation and increased heart beat)
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