Structure
Of body part. May also be referred to as anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure and complex body part.
A particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure".
This concept's ID is @1~28579
Anatomy
- cavity
(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body.
- tube
(anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure.
- concha
(anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape.
- cingulum
(anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth).
- radicle
(anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve).
- fundus
(anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening...
Eye
- lacrimal apparatus
The structures that secrete and drain tears from the eye.
- uvea
The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
Chromosome
- nucleolus organizer
The particular part of a chromosome that is associated with a nucleolus after...
- centromere
A specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the...
Labyrinth
- membranous labyrinth
The sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors...
- bony labyrinth
Cavity in the petrous part of the temporal bone that contains the membranous lab...
Also contains
- neural structure
A structure that is part of the nervous system.
- passage
A path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passage...
- cartilaginous structure
Body structure given shape by cartilage.
- plexus
A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph ves...
- convolution
A convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain.
- fold
A folded part (as in skin or muscle).
- funiculus
Any of several body structure resembling a cord.
- capsule
A structure that encloses a body part.
- valve
A structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid...
- rib
A riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant.
- glans
A small rounded structure; especially that at the end of the penis or clitoris.
- carina
Any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird...
- layer
Thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells.
- vascular structure
A structure composed of or provided with blood vessels.
- root
The part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support.
- blade
A broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue).
- landmark
An anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures...
- calyculus
A small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing...
- tooth
Toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell.
- infundibulum
Any of various funnel-shaped parts of the body (but especially the hypophyseal sta...
- chiasma
An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.
- filament
A threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells).
- interstice
A small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ; "the interstices of a...
- limbus
A border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure.
- cytoskeleton
A microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many...
- apodeme
Ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and...
- peristome
Region around the mouth in various invertebrates.
- pad
The fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger.
- head
That part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves.
- syrinx
The vocal organ of a bird.
- alveolar bed
Lung tissue densely packed with alveoli.
- gill slit
One of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through...
- gill arch
One of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills...
- lens nucleus
The central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex.
- aster
Star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround...
- bulb
A rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ.
- cauda
Any taillike structure.
- germ
A small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop...