Nouns denoting body parts
- isogamete
- either of a pair of conjugating gametes of the same size and structure
- musculus quadriceps femoris
- a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg
- solid body substance
- the solid parts of the body
- recessive gene
- gene that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical
- vena cava
- either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart
- RAS
- the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function
- child's body
- the body of a human child
- endosteum
- vascular membrane that lines the inner surface of long bones
- blood plasma
- the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended
- pulp cavity
- the central cavity of a tooth containing the pulp (including the root canal)
- myelencephalon
- the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults
- bull neck
- a thick short powerful neck
- osteophyte
- small abnormal bony outgrowth
- pilus
- any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
- hair cell
- a sensory epithelial cell present in the organ of Corti
- ingrown hair
- a hair that does not emerge from the follicle but remains embedded in the skin (usually causing inflammation)
- fibrous astrocyte
- star-shaped cells with long processes; found in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord
- ruff
- an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
- stratum granulosum
- the layer of epidermis just under the stratum corneum or (on the palms and soles) just under the stratum lucidum; contains cells (with visible granules) that die and move to the surface
- gastric juice
- digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase
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