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• horn go
  one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
  
• horn go
  any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn
  
• crest go
  a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
  
• pseudopod, pseudopodium go
  temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
  
• flagellum go
  a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)
  
• hair go
  a filamentous projection or process on an organism
  
• cirrus go
  a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects
  
• spine go
  a sharp rigid animal process or appendage
  
• aculea go
  small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects
  
• style go
  a slender bristlelike or tubular process
  
• villus go
  a minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane
  
• tail go
  the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
  
• fetlock go
  projection behind and above a horse's hoof
  
• tentacle go
  any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals
  
• arista go
  bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies
  
• acromion, acromial process go
  the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade
  
• ala go
  a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
  
• alveolar arch go
  the part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set
  
• alveolar ridge, gum ridge, alveolar process go
  a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth
  
• acrosome go
  a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg
  
• caruncle, caruncula go
  an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
  
• condyle go
  a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone
  
• coronoid process, processus coronoideus go
  a sharp triangular process projecting from a bone
  
• epicondyle go
  a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments
  
• fimbria go
  thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube)
  
• apophysis go
  (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra
  
• spicule, spiculum go
  small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
  
• osteophyte go
  small abnormal bony outgrowth
  
• papilla go
  a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather
  
• papilla go
  a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell
  
• appendix, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage go
  a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
  
• mastoid, mastoid process, mastoid bone, mastoidal go
  process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull
  
• styloid process go
  extends from the base of the temporal bone
  
• pterygoid process go
  two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone
  
• tuberosity, tubercle, eminence go
  a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
  
• zygomatic process go
  a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch
  
• trochanter go
  one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached
  
• transverse process go
  one of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs
  
• odontoid process go
  a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck
  
• metaphysis go
  the growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis
  
• olecranon, olecranon process go
  process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended
  
• ridge go
  any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
  
• excrescence go
  (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
  
• papilla go
  (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf
  
• plant process, enation go
  a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ