Body Parts
- tube foot
- tentacular tubular process of most echinoderms (starfish and sea urchins and holothurians) having a sucker at the end and used for e.g. locomotion and respiration
- papilla
- a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather
- glandulae cervicales uteri
- mucus-secreting glands in the mucosa of the uterine cervix
- anconeous muscle
- the muscle that extends the forearm and abducts the ulna in pronation of the wrist
- area
- a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
- tube-shaped structure
- (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
- cranial nerve
- any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem
- cavity
- (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
- common iliac vein
- formed by the internal and external iliac veins; unites with its fellow from the opposite side of the body to form the inferior vena cava
- choroid
- a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye
- thighbone
- the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee
- pudendum
- human external genital organs collectively especially of a female
- arteria alveolaris superior
- the alveolar artery that supplies the upper teeth
- external carotid artery
- the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the face and tongue and external parts of the head
- ependyma
- thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricles of the brain and the spinal cord canal
- pericardial sac
- the membrane surrounding the heart
- puppy fat
- fat on the body of a baby or child; disappears at adolescence
- trunk
- a long flexible snout as of an elephant
- yellow marrow
- bone marrow that is yellow with fat; found at the ends of long bones in adults
- funny bone
- a point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the surface; a sharp tingling sensation results when the nerve is knocked against the bone
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