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- body, organic structure, physical structure
the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being) - life form
the characteristic bodily form of a mature organism - shape, form, frame, figure, anatomy, chassis, physique, build, human body, physical body, material body, soma, bod, flesh
alternative names for the body of a human being - person
a human body (usually including the clothing) - body, dead body
a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person - cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains
the dead body of a human being - cremains
the remains of a dead body after cremation - mummy
a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt) - live body
the body of a living animal or person - apparatus
(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function - system
the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole - juvenile body
the body of a young person - child's body
the body of a human child - adult body
the body of an adult human being - male body
the body of a male human being - female body
the body of a female human being - adult female body, woman's body
the body of an adult woman - adult male body, man's body
the body of an adult man - body part
any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity - corpus
the main part of an organ or other bodily structure - 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 - septum
(anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities - nasal septum
a partition of bone and cartilage between the nasal cavities - costal groove
groove between the ribs where the nerves and blood vessels are - fissure
(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes - sulcus
(anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain - fissure of Rolando, Rolando's fissure, central sulcus, sulcus centralis
a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres - fissure of Sylvius, Sylvian fissure, lateral cerebral sulcus, sulcus lateralis cerebri
the deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures - parieto-occipital sulcus, parieto-occipital fissure
a sulcus near the posterior end of each hemisphere that separates the parietal lobes and the occipital lobes in both hemispheres - calcarine sulcus, calcarine fissure
a sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum - hilus, hilum
(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ - erogenous zone
any area of the body especially sensitive to sexual stimulation - external body part
any body part visible externally - arthromere
any of the segments in the body of a jointed animal like an arthropod - structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing - birth canal
a passage in the uterus and vagina through which a fetus passes during vaginal birth - bulb
a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ - carina
any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom - carina fornicis
ridge on the lower surface of the fornix of the brain - fornix, trigonum cerebrale
an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies - fornix
generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space) - mamillary body, mammillary body, corpus mamillare
one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix - cauda
any taillike structure - keel
the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly - chiasma, chiasm, decussation
an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X - cingulum
(anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth) - optic chiasma, optic chiasm, chiasma opticum
the crossing of the optic nerves from the two eyes at the base of the brain - optic radiation, radiatio optica
a nerve pathway from the lateral geniculate body to the visual cortex - concha
(anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape - nasal concha
one of several turbinate bones in the nasal cavity - filament, filum
a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) - fiber, fibre
any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber) - germ
a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism - infundibulum
any of various funnel-shaped parts of the body (but especially the hypophyseal stalk) - interstice
a small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ - landmark
an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken - craniometric point
a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken - acanthion
the craniometric point at the anterior extremity of the intermaxillary suture - asterion
the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture - auriculare, auricular point
the craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus - bregma
the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures at the top of the cranium - condylion
the craniometric point at the tip of the mandibular condyle - coronion
the craniometric point at the tip of the coronoid process of the mandible - crotaphion
the tip of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone - dacryon
the craniometric point at the junction of the anterior border of the lacrimal bone with the frontal bone - entomion
the craniometric point at the tip of the angular part of the parietal bone that articulates with the temporal bone - glabella, mesophyron
a smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows - gnathion
the most inferior point of the mandible in the midline - gonion
the craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower jaw - inion
the craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance) - jugale, jugal point
the craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bone - lambda
the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull - mandibular notch
small indentation in the middle of the lower jawbone - mastoidale
the craniometric point at the lowest point of the mastoid process - metopion
the craniometric point midway between the frontal eminences of the skull - nasion
the craniometric point at the bridge of the nose where the frontal and nasal bones of the skull meet - obelion
the craniometric point on the sagittal suture near the lamboid suture - ophryon
the craniometric point in the midline of the forehead immediately above the orbits - orbitale, orbital point
the craniometric point at the lowest point on the lower edge of the orbit - pogonion
the craniometric point that is the most forward-projecting point on the anterior surface of the chin - prosthion, prostheon, alveolar point
craniometric point that is the most anterior point in the midline on the alveolar process of the maxilla - pterion
the craniometric point in the region of the sphenoid fontanelle - rhinion
the anterior tip at the end of the suture of the nasal bones - sphenion
the anterior tip of the parietal bone - stephanion
the craniometric point on the coronal suture above the acoustic meatus - symphysion
the most forward point of the alveolar process of the mandible - limbus
a border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure - rib
a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant - blade
a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue) - radicle
(anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve) - plexus, rete
a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels - aortic plexus
a plexus of lymph nodes in the lower portion of the abdominal aorta - autonomic plexus, plexus autonomici
a plexus of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve fibers - nerve plexus
a network of intersecting nerves - system
a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts - body covering
any covering for the body or a body part - case, sheath
an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part - skin, tegument, cutis
a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch - pressure point
an area on the skin that is highly sensitive to pressure - integument
an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell - skin graft
a piece of skin taken from a donor area and surgically grafted at the site of an injury or burn - buff
bare skin - dewlap
a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck - epithelium, epithelial tissue
membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body - exuviae
cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis - cuticle, epidermis
the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates - endothelium
an epithelium of mesoblastic origin - mesothelium
epithelium originating in the embryonic mesoderm - neuroepithelium
epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings - skin cell
any of the cells making up the skin - epidermal cell
any of the cells making up the epidermis - melanoblast
an epidermal cell that is a precursor of a melanocyte - melanocyte
a cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone - prickle cell
a cell in the germinal layer of the skin (the prickle-cell layer) - epithelial cell
one of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium - columnar cell, columnar epithelial cell
an epithelial cell that is shaped like a column - spongioblast
any of various columnar epithelial cells in the central nervous system that develop into neuroglia - cuboidal cell, cuboidal epithelial cell
an epithelial cell that shaped like a cube - goblet cell
an epithelial cell that secretes mucous - hair cell
a sensory epithelial cell present in the organ of Corti - Kupffer's cell
specialized cells in the liver that destroy bacteria, foreign proteins, and worn-out blood cells - squamous cell
an epithelial cell that is flat like a plate and form a single layer of epithelial tissue - stratum corneum, corneum, horny layer
the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off - stratum lucidum
the layer of epidermis immediately under the stratum corneum in the skin of the palms and soles - stratum granulosum
the layer of epidermis just under the stratum corneum or (on the palms and soles) just under the stratum lucidum - stratum germinativum, stratum basale, malpighian layer, rete Malpighii
the innermost layer of the epidermis - dermis, corium, derma
the deep vascular inner layer of the skin - mantle, pallium
(zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell - plaque
(pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body - amyloid plaque, amyloid protein plaque
a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease) - arterial plaque
a fatty deposit inside an arterial wall - dental plaque, bacterial plaque
a film of mucus and bacteria deposited on the teeth that encourages the development of dental caries - macule, macula
a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated - freckle, lentigo
a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin - liver spot
a type of skin disease that causes brown spots on the skin - plague spot
a spot on the skin characteristic of the plague - whitehead, milium
a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland - blackhead, comedo
a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin - pore
any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal - aortic orifice
the orifice from the lower left chamber of the heart to the aorta - stoma
a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ) - tube, tube-shaped structure
(anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure - tubule
a small tube - microtubule
a microscopically small tubule - salpinx
a tube in the uterus or the ear - nephron, uriniferous tubule
any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney - malpighian body, malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle
the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron - Bowman's capsule, glomerular capsule, capsula glomeruli
thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron - glomerulus
a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body - tomentum, tomentum cerebri
a network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex - passage, passageway
a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass - meatus
a natural body passageway - auditory meatus, acoustic meatus, ear canal, auditory canal, external auditory canal
either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane - deltoid tuberosity, deltoid eminence
a bump on the outside of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches - nasal meatus
the passages in the nasal cavity formed by the projections of the nasal conchae - spinal canal, vertebral canal, canalis vertebralis
the canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes - anastomosis, inosculation
a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous - opening, orifice, porta
an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity - porta hepatis
opening for major blood vessels to enter and leave the liver - spiracle
a breathing orifice - blowhole
the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull - stigma
an external tracheal aperture in a terrestrial arthropod - channel, canal, duct, epithelial duct
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance - ductule, ductulus
a very small duct - canaliculus
a small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants - canal of Schlemm, Schlemm's canal, sinus venosus sclerae
a circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veins - venous sinus, sinus
a wide channel containing blood - cavernous sinus, sinus cavernosus
either of a pair of large venous sinuses in the cranial cavity - coronary sinus, sinus coronarius
a short sinus receiving most of the veins of the heart - sigmoid sinus, sinus sigmoideus
an S-shaped dural sinus on the temporal and occipital bones - straight sinus, tentorial sinus, sinus rectus
an unpaired sinus of the dura mater - transverse sinus, sinus transversus
a paired dural sinus - sinus
any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull - ethmoid sinus, ethmoidal sinus, sinus ethmoidales
a sinus of the meatuses of the nasal cavity (behind the bridge of the nose) - frontal sinus
one of a pair of cavities in the frontal bone - maxillary sinus
one of a pair of sinuses forming a cavity in the maxilla - paranasal sinus, sinus paranasales, nasal sinus
any of the paired sinuses in the bones of the face adjacent to the nasal cavity that are lined with mucous membrane that is continuous with the lining of the nasal cavities - sinusoid
tiny endothelium-lined passages for blood in the tissue of an organ - locule, loculus
a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal - lumen
a cavity or passage in a tubular organ - ampulla
the dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear - hair, pilus
any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal - ingrown hair
a hair that does not emerge from the follicle but remains embedded in the skin (usually causing inflammation) - hair
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head) - headful
a covering over the surface of your head - body hair
short hair growing over a person's body - down, pile
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) - lanugo
the fine downy hair covering a human fetus - mane, head of hair
growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being - hairline
the natural margin formed by hair on the head - parting, part
a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions - widow's peak
a V-shaped point in the hairline in the middle of the forehead - cowlick
a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat - coif, hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure
the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) - beehive
a hairdo resembling a beehive - bouffant
a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance