Body Parts

vestibular system

organs mediating the labyrinthine sense; concerned with equilibrium

 

internal auditory vein

veins that drain the inner ear

 

dilator

a muscle or nerve that dilates or widens a body part

 

breast

the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest

 

macroglia

tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells

 

laryngeal artery

either of two arteries that supply blood to the larynx

 

cere

the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds

 

hair

a filamentous projection or process on an organism

 

shoulder

the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm

 

central gyrus

either of two gyri on either side of the central sulcus

 

middle ear

the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear

 

gonion

the craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower jaw

 

chondriosome

an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy

 

calycle

a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp)

 

blister

(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

 

rachis

the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

 

osteophyte

small abnormal bony outgrowth

 

blade

a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)

 

sinus

any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull

 

rete testis

network of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentia