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
- internal cerebral vein
- two paired veins passing caudally near the midline and uniting to form the great cerebral vein
- elbow
- the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow
- RES
- a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
- gyrus
- a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain
- fetlock
- the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
- pennon
- wing of a bird
- pharyngeal vein
- veins from the pharyngeal plexus that empty into the internal jugular vein
- vorticose vein
- a vein formed by branches from the back surface of the eye and the ciliary body; empties into the ophthalmic veins
- valve
- a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it
- forewing
- either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings
- male reproductive system
- the reproductive system of males
- pit
- a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
- awn
- slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
- axial muscle
- a skeletal muscle of the trunk or head
- uropygium
- posterior part of a bird's body from which the tail feathers grow
- metaphysis
- the growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis
- os hamatum
- the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers
- papillary muscle
- any of several muscles associated with the atrioventricular valves
- teres minor muscle
- teres muscle that adducts the arm and rotates it laterally
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