Nouns denoting body parts
- salpinx
- a tube in the uterus or the ear
- epiglottis
- a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing
- Montgomery's tubercle
- one of the sebaceous glands on the areolae of the breast that lubricate the breast during breast-feeding
- carina
- any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom
- lamina arcus vertebrae
- lamina of the vertebral arch; the flattened posterior part of the vertebral arch from which the spinous process extends
- mummy
- a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
- tonsure
- the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head
- middle finger
- the second finger; between the index finger and the ring finger
- thermoreceptor
- a sensory receptor that responds to heat and cold
- vagina
- the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus
- hilus
- (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ
- arteria radialis
- branch of the brachial artery beginning below the elbow and extending down the forearm around the wrist and into the palm
- malpighian corpuscle
- the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron
- eccrine gland
- a small sweat gland that produces only a fluid; restricted to the human skin
- alveolus
- a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways
- circumflex artery
- any of several paired curving arteries
- vena canaliculi cochleae
- vein of the cochlear canal
- rotator cuff
- a supporting structure of the shoulder consisting of the muscles and tendons that attach the arm to the shoulder joint and enable the arm to move
- jaw
- the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
- bile
- a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
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