Body Parts
- aculeus
- a sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect
- head
- that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
- ovary
- (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone
- vena bulbi vestibuli
- vein of the vestibular bulb
- fossorial foot
- foot adapted for digging as in moles
- efferent nerve
- a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands
- saphenous nerve
- a branch of the femoral nerve that supplies cutaneous branches to the inner aspect of the leg and foot
- fat
- a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
- abdominal aorta
- a branch of the descending aorta
- nasofrontal vein
- a vein located in the anterior medial part of the orbit; connects the superior ophthalmic with the angular vein
- buccal cavity
- the cavity between the jaws and the cheeks
- vertebra
- one of the bony segments of the spinal column
- vena saphena
- either of two chief superficial veins of the leg that drain blood from the foot
- hypothalamus
- a basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system
- arteriole
- one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries
- venae pudendum
- vein of the pudendum
- burl
- a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
- fistula
- an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface
- patent ductus arteriosus
- a ductus arteriosus that failed to close at birth; may require surgical correction
- ulnar nerve
- a nerve running along the inner side of the arm and passing near the elbow; supplies intrinsic muscles of the hand and the skin of the medial side of the hand
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