Body Parts
- os tarsi fibulare
- the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel
- vaginal artery
- a branch of the internal iliac that provides blood for the vagina and the base of the bladder and the rectum
- sclerotic coat
- the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball
- external carotid artery
- the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the face and tongue and external parts of the head
- gluteal vein
- veins draining the gluteal muscles on either side of the body
- hepatic lobe
- any of the five lobes forming the liver
- ganglion
- an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons
- temporal artery
- any of the three arteries on either side of the brain supplying the cortex of the temporal lobe
- homocercal fin
- symmetrical tail fin extending beyond the end of the vertebral column as in most bony fishes
- vena circumflexus femoris
- either of two veins that accompany arteries of the same name serving the hip and thigh
- musculus sphincter ani
- the sphincter muscle of the anus
- albuginea
- whitish tunic
- supratrochlear vein
- drains the front of the scalp; unites with the supraorbital vein to form the angular vein
- hair
- a filamentous projection or process on an organism
- gingiva
- the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
- gliding joint
- a freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only gliding motions
- canalis cervicis uteri
- a spindle-shaped canal extending from the uterus to the vagina
- cecal appendage
- a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
- prehensor
- the anterior pair of legs of a centipede that are modified to seize prey and inject venom from the toxicognaths
- blastocoele
- the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
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