English > body structure: 1 sense > noun 1, body| Meaning | A particular complex anatomical part of a living thing. |
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| Synonyms | structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure |
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| Narrower | alveolar bed | lung tissue densely packed with alveoli |
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| apodeme | Ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles |
| aster | star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis |
| ball | A more or less rounded anatomical body or mass |
| blade | A broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue) |
| bony labyrinth, osseous labyrinth | cavity in the petrous part of the temporal bone that contains the membranous labyrinth |
| bridge | The hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose |
| bulb | A rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ |
| calyculus, caliculus, calycle | A small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) |
| capsule | A structure that encloses a body part |
| 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 |
| cartilaginous structure | body structure given shape by cartilage |
| cauda | Any taillike structure |
| cavity, bodily cavity, cavum | (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus / sinus within the body |
| centromere, kinetochore | A specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape |
| 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) |
| concha | (anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape |
| cornu | (anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape |
| corona | (anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape |
| costa | A riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing) |
| cytoskeleton | A microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence |
| filament, filum | A threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) |
| fold, plica | A folded part (as in skin or muscle) |
| fundus | (anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening |
| funiculus | Any of several body structure resembling a cord |
| germ | A small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism |
| gill arch, branchial arch, gill bar | One of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians |
| gill slit, branchial cleft, gill cleft | One of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes |
| glans | A small rounded structure |
| gyrus, convolution | A convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain |
| head | The rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint |
| head | That part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves |
| horny structure, unguis | Any rigid body structure composed primarily of keratin |
| 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 |
| lacrimal apparatus | The structures that secrete and drain tears from the eye |
| 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 |
| layer | Thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells |
| lens nucleus, nucleus | The central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex |
| limbus | A border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure |
| membranous labyrinth | The sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea |
| neural structure | A structure that is part of the nervous system |
| nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser | The particular part of a chromosome that is associated with a nucleolus after nuclear division |
| pad | The fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger |
| passage, passageway | A path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass |
| peristome | region around the mouth in various invertebrates |
| plate | Any flat platelike body ... / body structure or part |
| plexus, rete | A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting / intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels |
| radicle | (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve) |
| receptor | A cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response |
| rib | A riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant |
| root | The part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support |
| rotator cuff | A supporting structure of the shoulder consisting of the muscles and tendons that attach the arm to the shoulder joint and enable the arm to move |
| skeletal structure | Any structure created by the skeleton of an organism |
| syrinx | The vocal organ of a bird |
| tooth | toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell |
| tube, tube-shaped structure | (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure |
| uvea | The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid |
| valve | A structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it |
| vascular structure | A structure composed of or provided with blood vessels |
| zone, zona | (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure |
| Broader | body part | Any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity |
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| Spanish | estructura anatómica, estructura |
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| Catalan | estructura anatòmica, estructura |
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