Nouns denoting body parts
- vena auricularis
- one of two veins serving the ear region
- group B
- the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen
- glucagon
- a hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin)
- sacrum
- wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx
- amniotic cavity
- the fluid-filled cavity that surrounds the developing embryo
- temporomandibular joint
- the joint between the head of the lower jawbone and the temporal bone
- striated muscle cell
- an elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue
- hyaline cartilage
- translucent cartilage that is common in joints and the respiratory passages; forms most of the fetal skeleton
- immune system
- a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response
- episcleral veins
- small veins in the sclera near the corneal margin; empty into the anterior ciliary veins
- apparatus
- (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function
- Montgomery's tubercle
- one of the sebaceous glands on the areolae of the breast that lubricate the breast during breast-feeding
- ACTH
- a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
- arteria temporalis intermedia
- temporal artery that goes to the middle part of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe
- flexor muscle
- a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint
- tummy
- slang for a paunch
- bleb
- (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
- fissure of Rolando
- a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres; separates the frontal and parietal lobes
- loins
- the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs
- Rh-negative blood type
- the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen)
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