Nouns denoting body parts
- paries
- (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure
- gonion
- the craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower jaw
- hyoid bone
- a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles
- circulatory system
- the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body
- supraorbital ridge
- a ridge on the frontal bone above the eye socket
- rib
- any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
- plexus cardiacus
- a plexus of nerves supplying the heart and nearby structures
- ophthalmic vein
- either of two veins that serve the eye; empties into the cavernous sinus
- sensory neuron
- a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord
- mesentery
- a double layer of peritoneum that attaches to the back wall of the abdominal cavity and supports the small intestines
- tract
- a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose
- maxillary sinus
- one of a pair of sinuses forming a cavity in the maxilla
- celoma
- a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity
- Golgi's cell
- a neuron in the cerebral cortex with short dendrites and with either a long axon or a short axon that ramifies in the grey matter
- venae dorsales clitoridis superficiales
- superficial dorsal veins of the clitoris; tributaries of the external pudendal vein on either side
- goatee
- a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard
- thymosin
- hormone secreted by the thymus; stimulates immunological activity of lymphoid tissue
- lifeblood
- the blood considered as the seat of vitality
- sesamoid
- any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint
- neural net
- any network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the body
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