English > appendage: 3 senses > noun 2, body| Meaning | A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant. |
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| Synonyms | process, outgrowth |
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| Narrower | acromion, acromial process | The outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade |
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| acrosome | A process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg |
| aculea | small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects |
| ala | A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism |
| alveolar arch | The part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set |
| alveolar ridge, gum ridge, alveolar process | A ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth |
| apophysis | (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra |
| appendix, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage | A vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch |
| arista | bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies |
| caruncle, caruncula | An outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds |
| cirrus | A slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects |
| condyle | A round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone |
| coronoid process, processus coronoideus | A sharp triangular process projecting from a bone |
| crest | A showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal |
| epicondyle | A projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments |
| excrescence | (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body |
| fetlock | Projection behind and above a horse's hoof |
| fimbria | Thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube) |
| flagellum | A lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa) |
| hair | A filamentous projection / projection or process on an organism |
| horn | One of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates |
| horn | Any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn |
| mastoid, mastoid process, mastoid bone, mastoidal | Process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull |
| metaphysis | The growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis |
| odontoid process | A toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck |
| olecranon, olecranon process | 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 |
| osteophyte | small abnormal bony outgrowth |
| papilla | A small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather |
| papilla | A small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell |
| papilla | (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf |
| plant process, enation | A natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ |
| pseudopod, pseudopodium | temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion |
| pterygoid process | Two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone |
| ridge | Any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane |
| spicule, spiculum | small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals |
| spine | A sharp rigid animal process or appendage |
| style | A slender bristlelike or tubular process |
| styloid process | Extends from the base of the temporal bone |
| tail | The posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body |
| tentacle | Any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals |
| transverse process | One of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs |
| trochanter | One of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached |
| tuberosity, tubercle, eminence | A protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament |
| villus | A minute hairlike projection / projection on mucous membrane |
| zygomatic process | A slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch |
| Broader | body part | Any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity |
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| Spanish | apéndice, proceso, protuberancia |
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| Catalan | apèndix, protuberància |
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