Nouns denoting body parts
- basal vein
- a large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein
- endometrium
- (pregnancy) the mucous membrane that lines the uterus; thickens under hormonal control and (if pregnancy does not occur) is shed in menstruation; if pregnancy occurs it is shed along with the placenta at parturition
- lamina
- a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)
- sutura intermaxillaris
- the suture between the two maxillae of the upper jawbone
- testicular vein
- a vein from the testicles
- nasal septum
- a partition of bone and cartilage between the nasal cavities
- areteria cervicalis
- an artery that supplies the muscles of the neck
- proto-oncogene
- a normal gene that has the potential to become an oncogene
- nervus phrenicus
- one of a pair of nerves that arises from cervical spinal roots and passes down the thorax to innervate the diaphragm and control breathing
- episcleral veins
- small veins in the sclera near the corneal margin; empty into the anterior ciliary veins
- fourth ventricle
- an irregular ventricle between the third ventricle and the central canal of the spinal cord
- blood clot
- a semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells
- trochanter
- one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached
- face
- the part of an animal corresponding to the human face
- scleral veins
- tributaries of the anterior ciliary veins that drain the sclera of the eye
- walrus moustache
- a bushy droopy mustache
- pars intermedia
- a thin piece of tissue that has become part of the posterior pituitary
- female body
- the body of a female human being
- right coronary artery
- arises from the right aortic sinus; supplies the right side of the heart
- anterior cerebral artery
- one of two branches of the internal carotid artery; divides into two branches that serve (1) the thalamus and (2) parts of the frontal and parietal cortex
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