body part

Noun
  1. Any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity (synset 105227735)
    referred to in: anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
    is a type of: part, piece - a portion of a natural object
    subtypes:
    • saddle - posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl
    • underpart - a part lying on the lower side or underneath an animal's body
    • horseback - the back of a horse
    • dock - the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
    • ambulacrum - one of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm on which the tube feet are located
    • withers - the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
    • cannon, shank - lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
    • loin, lumbus - either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds
    • croup, croupe, hindquarters, rump - the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
    • gaskin - lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle
    • flank - the side between ribs and hipbone
    • thorax - part of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs
    • apparatus - (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function
    • adnexa, annexa - accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo)
    • area, region - a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
    • dilator - a muscle or nerve that dilates or widens a body part
    • groove, vallecula - (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
    • partition - (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism
    • external body part - any body part visible externally
    • anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
    • fornix - generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space)
    • system - a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
    • ampulla - the dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear
    • tissue - part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function
    • mentum - a projection below the mouth of certain mollusks that resembles a chin
    • organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
    • venter - a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle)
    • energid, protoplast - a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts
    • appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
    • lobe - (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part
    • rectum - the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus
    • shoulder - the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
    • body, torso, trunk - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
    • chest, pectus, thorax - the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
    • thorax - the middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen
    • hip - either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
    • haunch - the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings
    • abdomen, belly, stomach, venter - the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
    • dorsum - the back of the body of a vertebrate or any analogous surface (as the upper or outer surface of an organ or appendage or part)
    • back, dorsum - the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
    • small - the slender part of the back
    • arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
    • buttock, cheek - either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump
    • stump - the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed
    • shank - the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
    • shin - the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
    • toe - forepart of a hoof
    • articulatio, articulation, joint - (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
    • loins - the region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen
    • feature, lineament - the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin
    • rudiment - the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life
    has: corpus - the main part of an organ or other bodily structure
    is a part of: being, organism - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

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