Nouns denoting body parts
- musculus
- one of the contractile organs of the body
- Rh-positive blood type
- the blood group (approximately 85% of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen)
- glenoid fossa
- a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible
- endoplasm
- the inner portion of the cytoplasm of a cell
- trochlear
- either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes
- sarcoplasm
- the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber
- band
- a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
- association area
- cortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of information
- myometrium
- the smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus
- myelocyte
- an immature leukocyte normally found in bone marrow
- lysosome
- an organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells (especially in leukocytes and liver and kidney cells)
- inferior alveolar artery
- the alveolar artery that goes through the mandibular canal to supply the lower teeth
- lamboid suture
- the suture between the occipital and parietal bones
- 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
- cuticle
- the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail
- jowl
- a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging)
- rhomboid minor muscle
- rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the vertebral column and slightly upward
- vena thoracoepigastrica
- a vein arising from the region of the superficial epigastric vein and opening into the axillary vein or thoracic vein
- vestibular system
- organs mediating the labyrinthine sense; concerned with equilibrium
- arm bone
- a bone in the arm
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