either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine; "u…
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Uriniferous tubule
any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney
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any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Nephrology, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening; "the uterine fundus"; "the fundus of the sto…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
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hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, tubules, excretory, units, vertebrate.hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, tubules, excretory, units, vertebrate.tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, tubules, excretory, units, vertebrate.the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, tubules, excretory, units, vertebrate.(psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, tubules, excretory, units, vertebrate.The manifoldness with which the fundamental units of time, length, and mass are involved in determining the units of other physical qu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, tubules, excretory, units, vertebrate.That which is egested or thrown off from the body by the various excretory channels; excrements; -- opposed to ingesta.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, tubules, excretory, units, vertebrate.A network of membranous tubules within a cell involved in protein and lipid synthesis
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, tubules, excretory, units, vertebrate.An oblong vermiform mass on the dorsal side of the testicle, composed of numerous convolutions of the excretory duct of that organ.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, tubules, excretory, units, vertebrate.Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, tubules, excretory, units, vertebrate.The sum of four units; four units or objects.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, tubules, excretory, units, vertebrate.The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or object…
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