Body Parts
- basilar artery
- an unpaired artery; supplies the pons and cerebellum and the back part of the cerebrum and the inner ear
- maw
- informal terms for the mouth
- water vascular system
- system of fluid-filled tubes used by echinoderms in locomotion and feeding and respiration
- love handle
- excess fat around the waistline
- tensor
- any of several muscles that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm
- cytomembrane
- a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like sodium or potassium or calcium) in and out of the cell
- facia
- a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc
- aster
- star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis
- parietal gyrus
- any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the parietal lobe of the cerebrum
- incompetent cervix
- (obstetrics) uterine cervix that becomes dilated before term and without labor often resulting in miscarriage or premature birth
- eccrine gland
- a small sweat gland that produces only a fluid; restricted to the human skin
- artery of the vestibule bulb
- a branch of the internal pudendal artery in females that supplies the bulb of the vestibule
- pars distilis
- the anterior part of the anterior pituitary
- Cowper's gland
- either of two glands that discharge a component of seminal fluid into the urethra; homologous to Bartholin's gland in the female
- hepatic lobe
- any of the five lobes forming the liver
- tubercle
- a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
- flatfoot
- a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out
- fuzz
- filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
- pancreatic duct
- a duct connecting the pancreas with the intestine
- anterior temporal artery
- temporal artery that goes to the anterior part of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe
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