Nouns denoting body parts
- corpus luteum
- yellow endocrine tissue that forms in a ruptured Graafian follicle following the release of an ovum; it degenerates after a few days unless pregnancy has begun
- lachrymal secretion
- saline fluid secreted by lacrimal glands; lubricates the surface of the eyeball
- stylomastoid vein
- a vein that drains the tympanic cavity and empties into the retromandibular vein
- atrioventricular valve
- either of two heart valves through which blood flows from the atria to the ventricles; prevents return of blood to the atrium
- striated muscle fiber
- an elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue
- arteria palatina
- one of several arteries supplying the face
- Rh-positive blood type
- the blood group (approximately 85% of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen)
- circle of Willis
- a ring of arteries at the base of the brain
- fibre bundle
- a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)
- vena bulbi penis
- vein of the head of the penis; tributary of the internal pudendal vein that drains the perineum
- os hamatum
- the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers
- cell organ
- a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ
- musculus biceps femoris
- the biceps muscle of the thigh; it flexes the knee and rotates the leg laterally
- fertilization membrane
- the membrane that forms around a fertilized ovum and prevents penetration by additional spermatozoon
- head
- the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
- OD
- the right eye
- telencephalon
- the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus
- sinus
- an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface
- musculus adductor magnus
- the muscle that adducts and extends the thigh
- venter
- the womb
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