Body Parts

vena genus
veins that drain blood from structures around the knee; empty into the popliteal vein
 
pivot joint
a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation
 
arteria circumflexa humeri
an artery that supplies the shoulder joint and shoulder muscles
 
striated muscle
a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes
 
elbow
the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow
 
caliculus
a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp)
 
vena obliqua atrii sinistri
a tributary of the coronary sinus; on the posterior wall of the left atrium
 
labia minora
the two inner folds of the vulva
 
myelencephalon
the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults
 
smooth muscle
a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart)
 
hair
a filamentous projection or process on an organism
 
ethmoidal artery
a branch of the ophthalmic artery supplying structures in and around the nasal capsule
 
acromion
the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade
 
vena cava
either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart
 
cistern
a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
 
arm
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
 
white matter
whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths
 
antrum
a natural cavity or hollow in a bone
 
ovipositor
egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes
 
caul
the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
 
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