Body Parts
- alpha 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 vasoconstriction and relaxation of intestinal muscles and contraction of smooth muscles)
- proboscis
- the human nose (especially when it is large)
- tibialis posterior
- a deep muscle of the leg
- blood vessel
- a vessel in which blood circulates
- hypogastric vein
- a vein that unites with the external iliac vein to form the common iliac vein
- vena cephalica accessoria
- a vein that passes along the radial edge of the forearm and joins the cephalic vein near the elbow
- otic ganglion
- an autonomic ganglion whose postganglionic fibers are distributed to the parotid gland
- maxillary
- the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium
- cytoskeleton
- a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence
- side
- either the left or right half of a body
- beak
- horny projecting mouth of a bird
- thalamus
- large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon
- hock
- tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
- bullethead
- a head shaped like a bullet
- skeletal structure
- any structure created by the skeleton of an organism
- vena basilica
- a vein that drains the back of the hand and forearm and empties into the axillary vein
- pectoral vein
- veins that drain the pectoral muscles and empty into the subclavian vein
- cephalic vein
- a large vein of the arm that empties into the axillary vein
- venation
- (zoology) the system of venous blood vessels in an animal
- cerebrum
- anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans
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