Nouns denoting body parts
- oncogene
- a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells
- common iliac vein
- formed by the internal and external iliac veins; unites with its fellow from the opposite side of the body to form the inferior vena cava
- sole
- the underside of the foot
- mesocolon
- mesentery that holds the lower colon to the dorsal abdominal wall
- systema alimentarium
- the system that makes food absorbable into the body
- musculus biceps femoris
- the biceps muscle of the thigh; it flexes the knee and rotates the leg laterally
- middle meningeal artery
- branch of the maxillary artery; its branches supply meninges
- musculus adductor longus
- the long adductor muscle of the thigh
- arteria choroidea
- an artery that supplies the choroid plexus
- glenoid cavity
- the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint
- living substance
- the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)
- animal tissue
- the tissue in the bodies of animals
- pars intermedia
- a thin piece of tissue that has become part of the posterior pituitary
- corpus callosum
- a broad transverse nerve tract connecting the two cerebral hemispheres
- sensory system
- the body's system of sense organs
- vena ovarica
- one of the veins that drain the ovaries; the right opens into the inferior vena cava; the left opens into the left renal vein
- monoblast
- a large immature monocyte normally found in bone marrow
- column
- any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body
- macula
- a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases
- systema respiratorium
- the system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide; in terrestrial animals this is accomplished by breathing
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