Body Parts
- lymph gland
- the source of lymph and lymphocytes
- epigastrium
- the region lying on or over the stomach (just below the sternum)
- apparatus
- (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function
- ab
- the muscles of the abdomen
- bregma
- the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures at the top of the cranium
- mucosa
- mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior
- round window
- fenestra leading into the cochlea
- SA node
- a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat
- aponeurosis
- any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons
- metatarsal artery
- dorsal and plantar arteries to the metatarsal region of the foot
- hipbone
- large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis
- shunt
- a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
- basivertebral vein
- one of a number of veins draining the spongy substance of the vertebrae and emptying into the anterior internal vertebral venous plexus
- duodenum
- the part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum
- visceral pleura
- pleura that covers the lungs
- filum
- a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
- circumflex vein
- any of several curved parallel veins accompanying arteries of the same name
- channel
- a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- limb
- one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
- vena gastrica sinistra
- arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia; runs in the lesser omentum; empties into the portal vein
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