Nouns denoting body parts
- columnar cell
- an epithelial cell that is shaped like a column; some have cilia
- right hand
- the hand that is on the right side of the body
- compound eye
- in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image
- articulator
- a movable speech organ
- connective tissue
- tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments
- sutura coronalis
- the suture between the parietal and frontal bones of the skull
- sartorius
- a muscle in the thigh that helps to rotate the leg into the sitting position assumed by a tailor; the longest muscle in the human body
- cancer cell
- a cell that is part of a malignant tumor
- vena canaliculi cochleae
- vein of the cochlear canal
- plexus coccygeus
- a small plexus formed by the fifth sacral and coccygeal nerves
- cowl muscle
- either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms
- abducent nerve
- a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
- organ of Corti
- the hearing organ of the inner ear; contains receptors that respond to sound waves
- ANS
- the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands
- superior thyroid vein
- a vein on each side that drains the upper part of the thyroid and empties into the internal jugular vein
- vasa vasorum
- any small blood vessel ramifying on the outside of a major artery or vein
- allograft
- tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft
- bucktooth
- a large projecting front tooth
- gamete
- a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
- stretch receptor
- a receptor in a muscle that responds to stretching of the muscle tissue
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