Nouns denoting body parts
- nose
- the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
- condylar process
- the condyle of the ramus of the mandible that articulates with the skull
- Papanicolaou smear
- a sample of secretions and superficial cells of the uterine cervix and uterus; examined with a microscope to detect any abnormal cells
- facia
- a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc
- varicose vein
- a vein that is permanently dilated; most common in the legs
- partition
- (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism
- capillary
- any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
- red bone marrow
- bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells
- booger
- dried nasal mucus
- buccal artery
- a branch of the maxillary artery that supplies blood to the buccinator muscle and the cheek
- superior thalamostriate vein
- a long vein that helps to form the internal cerebral vein
- RES
- a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
- fibrous tissue
- tissue consisting of or containing fibers in both animals and plants
- maidenhead
- a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin
- 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
- musculus abductor digiti minimi manus
- the abductor muscle of the little finger
- lacteal
- any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct
- digestive system
- the system that makes food absorbable into the body
- duct gland
- a gland that secretes externally through a duct
- homeobox gene
- one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development
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