Nouns denoting body parts

bridge

the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose

 

anus

the excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal

 

lappet

a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards

 

Purkinje fiber

a specialized cardiac muscle fiber that is part of the Purkinje network

 

pectoralis major

a skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm

 

vena bulbi penis

vein of the head of the penis; tributary of the internal pudendal vein that drains the perineum

 

femoris

the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee

 

temporal vein

any of several veins draining the temporal region

 

milium

a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland

 

fornix

an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies

 

myometrium

the smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus

 

sphenion

the anterior tip of the parietal bone

 

scrotal vein

veins passing from the scrotum to the pudendal veins

 

ramus

the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical

 

vena sigmoideus

tributaries of the inferior mesenteric vein; drains the sigmoid colon

 

arteria ascendens

the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the ascending colon

 

alimentary tract smear

any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the alimentary tract; obtained by specialized lavage techniques and used mainly to diagnose cancer in those parts

 

costal groove

groove between the ribs where the nerves and blood vessels are

 

Brodmann's area

one of the cortical areas mapped out on the basis of its cytoarchitecture

 

rib cage

the bony enclosing wall of the chest