Nouns denoting body parts
- pancreatic vein
- veins draining the pancreas and emptying into the superior mesenteric and splenic veins
- cavernous sinus
- either of a pair of large venous sinuses in the cranial cavity
- biauriculate heart
- a heart (as of mammals and birds and reptiles) having two auricles
- microphage
- a neutrophil that ingests small things (as bacteria)
- solid body substance
- the solid parts of the body
- striated muscle tissue
- muscle tissue characterized by transverse stripes
- acinus
- one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland
- vasa brevis
- several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach
- vesical vein
- veins that drain the vesical plexus and join the internal iliac veins
- pin curl
- a curl of hair made by dampening a strand of hair and curling it and holding the curl with a clip or bobby pin
- microcyte
- an abnormally small red blood cell (less than 5 microns in diameter)
- chromatid
- one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis
- packed cells
- a preparation of blood cells separated from the liquid plasma
- vena sternocleidomastoidea
- drains the sternocleidomastoid muscle; empties into the internal jugular vein
- telocentric chromosome
- a chromosome like a straight rod with the centromere in terminal position
- collagen
- a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling
- shaft
- the main (mid) section of a long bone
- tensor tympani
- a small muscle in the middle ear that tenses to protect the eardrum
- mouth
- the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening
- afferent fiber
- a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system
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