Nouns denoting body parts
- granulocyte
- a leukocyte that has granules in its cytoplasm
- circle of Willis
- a ring of arteries at the base of the brain
- noodle
- informal terms for a human head
- articulatio spheroidea
- a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
- air cell
- a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways
- lip
- either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
- upper respiratory tract
- the nose and throat and trachea
- temporal artery
- any of the three arteries on either side of the brain supplying the cortex of the temporal lobe
- manus
- the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- interstitial fluid
- liquid found between the cells of the body that provides much of the liquid environment of the body
- gastroomental vein
- one of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach
- long saphenous vein
- the longest vein in the body; runs from foot to the groin where it joins the femoral vein
- interstice
- a small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ
- male chest
- the chest of a man
- mitral valve
- valve with two cusps; situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle
- cleavage
- the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts)
- external body part
- any body part visible externally
- fissure
- (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes
- parenchyma
- animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels
- nucleolar organizer
- the particular part of a chromosome that is associated with a nucleolus after nuclear division
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