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Antecubital fossa
Antecubital Fossa Definition The antecubital fossa or the cubital fossa is the triangular-shaped hollow depression between... Read More
Digastric muscle
Digastric Definition The digastric muscle is a paired muscle located under the jaw, consisting of the anterior and... Read More
Brush border
Definition noun A layer of densely packed microvilli projecting from the inside surface of a tubular... Read More
Microvillus
Definition noun, plural: microvilli Any of the minute hairlike structures projecting from the exposed surface of the cell in... Read More
Ischial spine
Ischial spine a pointed process from the posterior border of the ischium on a level with the lower border of the acetabulum;... Read More
Polysaccharide
Polysaccharide Definition Biology Definition: A polysaccharide is a carbohydrate formed by long chains of repeating units... Read More
Terminal web
Definition noun (cell biology) The subapical zone rich in microfilaments, and acts as the attachment point for the bundles... Read More
Osteoclast
Definition noun, plural: osteoclasts (cytology) A type of bone cell that is large, multinucleated, and associated with bone... Read More
Fordyce spots
Definition noun Sebaceous glands that appear as raised bumps on the vermilion border of the lips, on the scrotum, shaft of... Read More
Allopatric speciation
We can define speciation as a process by which the novel genetically independent group of organisms are formed through the... Read More
Amphipathic
Amphipathic Definition Amphipathic is a word used to describe a chemical compound containing both polar (water-soluble) and... Read More
Hilum of kidney
Hilum of kidney The depression on the medial border of the kidney through which pass the segmental renal vessels and renal... Read More
Isomaltose
Definition noun plural: isomaltoses i·so·mal·tose, aɪsoʊˈmɔːltəʊz A disaccharide formed from the combination of... Read More
Nervous System
THE is the most complicated and highly organized of the various systems which make up the human body. It is the... Read More
Natal cleft
Definition noun (1) The cleft or sulcus as a result of the anchoring of the deep layers of the skin to the anococcygeal... Read More
Cardiac notch of left lung
Cardiac notch of left lung The notch in the anterior border of the superior lobe of the left lung which accommodates the... Read More
Subcostal line
subcostal line A transverse line transecting the inferiormost border of the thoracic cage, indicating the subcostal... Read More
Inferior margin
Inferior margin --> inferior border The caudal or lowermost margin of a structure. Synonym: inferior margin, margo... Read More
Musculus biventer mandibulae
musculus biventer mandibulae --> digastric muscle (Science: anatomy) One of the suprahyoid group of muscles consisting of... Read More
Battledore placenta
Battledore placenta a placenta in which the umbilical cord is attached at the border; so-called because of the fancied... Read More
Curvatura ventriculi minor
Curvatura ventriculi minor --> lesser curvature of stomach The right border of the stomach to which the lesser omentum is... Read More
Incisura ischiadica minor
Incisura ischiadica minor --> lesser sciatic notch The notch in the posterior border of the ischium below the ischial... Read More
Laciniate ligament
Laciniate ligament --> flexor retinaculum of lower limb a wide band passing from the medial malleolus to the medial and... Read More
Cytokinesis
The cell cycle of eukaryotes is a cyclical series of biological events that certain asexual cells go through. The cell cycle... Read More