Nouns denoting body parts
- lymph vessel
- a vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulation
- motilin
- a gastrointestinal hormone that apparently participates in controlling smooth muscle contractions in the stomach and small intestine
- epigastrium
- the region lying on or over the stomach (just below the sternum)
- xiphoid process
- smallest of the three parts of the breastbone; articulates with the corpus sternum and the seventh rib
- tubule
- a small tube
- venae interlobulares renis
- interlobular veins of the kidney; receive blood from the arcuate vein and empty into the renal veins
- peeper
- an informal term referring to the eye
- bosom
- a person's breast or chest
- retina
- the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve
- cuboid bone
- the cube shaped bone on the outer side of the tarsus
- endolymph
- the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear
- digital vein
- one of the veins serving the fingers or toes
- XY
- (genetics) normal complement of sex hormones in a male
- venae episclerales
- small veins in the sclera near the corneal margin; empty into the anterior ciliary veins
- lumbar vertebra
- one of 5 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; lumbar vertebrae extend from the twelfth thoracic vertebra down to the sacral vertebrae
- sweat
- salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
- fimbria
- thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube)
- arch
- a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)
- toe
- one of the digits of the foot
- communicating artery
- any of three arteries in the brain that make up the circle of Willis
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