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| Noun | 1. | body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently saddle - posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl underpart - a part lying on the lower side or underneath an animal's body; "the warbler has a white throat and underparts"; "a woodland mouse with white underparts" horseback - the back of a horse dock - the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair ambulacrum - one of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm on which the tube feet are located withers - the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals lumbus, loin - either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds gaskin - lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle flank - the side between ribs and hipbone thorax - part of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs apparatus - (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus" corpus - the main part of an organ or other bodily structure adnexa, annexa - accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo); "Fallopian tubes and ovaries are adnexa of the uterus" region, area - a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region" dilator - a muscle or nerve that dilates or widens a body part partition - (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism external body part - any body part visible externally anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure" fornix - generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space) system - a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion" ampulla - the dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear tissue - part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function mentum - a projection below the mouth of certain mollusks that resembles a chin organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function venter - a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle) energid, protoplast - a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" lobe - (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part; "ear lobe" rectum - the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus shoulder - the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm torso, trunk, body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" chest, pectus, thorax - the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates thorax - the middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen hip - either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh haunch - the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings abdomen, belly, stomach, venter - the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis dorsum - the back of the body of a vertebrate or any analogous surface (as the upper or outer surface of an organ or appendage or part); "the dorsum of the foot" back, dorsum - the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned" small - the slender part of the back behind, buns, buttocks, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, derriere, fanny, rear end, tooshie, tush, fundament, seat, backside, tail end, stern, rump, bottom, bum, can, rear, tail - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" |
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