Body Parts

notochord

a flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates

 

articulatio coxae

the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum

 

apocrine gland

a large sweat gland that produces both a fluid and an apocrine secretion; in human beings located in hairy regions of the body

 

inferior labial artery

an artery that is a branch of the facial artery that supplies the lower lip

 

autoplasty

tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person

 

pulmonary plexis

one of two autonomic nerve plexuses in each lung

 

jaw

the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth

 

vena sacralis

vein of the sacral region

 

centrum

the main body of a vertebra

 

side

either the left or right half of a body

 

trochlear nerve

either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes

 

neuroglia

sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system

 

anus

the excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal

 

water blister

blister containing a nonpurulent clear watery content

 

inion

the craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance)

 

small

the slender part of the back

 

parafovea

area of the retina immediately surrounding the fovea

 

condyle

a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone

 

leg bone

a bone of the leg

 

nervus abducens

a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye