Nouns denoting body parts
- pancreas
- a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin
- lesser omentum
- a part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and liver and supporting the hepatic vessels
- cervix
- the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
- endolymph
- the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear
- salpinx
- a tube in the uterus or the ear
- fingernail
- the nail at the end of a finger
- artery of the vestibule bulb
- a branch of the internal pudendal artery in females that supplies the bulb of the vestibule
- hawk nose
- a nose curved downward like the beak of a hawk
- ANS
- the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands
- megaloblast
- abnormally large red blood cell present in pernicious anemia and folic acid deficiency
- RH
- any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone
- zona pellucida
- thick membrane around the mammalian ovum; can be penetrated by one sperm in the fertilization process; usually remains around the fertilized egg until it is implanted in the wall of the uterus
- bulla
- (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
- pyloric vein
- receives veins from the upper surfaces of the stomach and empties into the portal vein
- GI hormones
- hormones that affect gastrointestinal functioning
- vena jugularis
- veins in the neck that return blood from the head
- vena metatarsus
- dorsal and plantar branches of veins serving the metatarsal region of the foot
- secreter
- any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
- telomere
- either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome
- lip
- either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
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