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  • 1follicle — 1. A more or less spherical mass of cells usually containing a cavity. 2. A crypt or minute cul de sac or lacuna, such as the depression in the skin from which the hair emerges. SYN: folliculus [TA]. [L. folliculus, a small sac, dim. of follis, a …

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  • 2reproductive system, animal — Introduction       any of the organ systems by which animals reproduce.       The role of reproduction is to provide for the continued existence of a species; it is the process by which living organisms duplicate themselves. Animals compete with… …

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  • 3Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… …

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  • 4body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the …

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  • 5Vulva — Human vulva Human vulva with natural pubic hair …

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  • 6Skene's gland — opening is pictured. Latin glandulae vestibulares minores Gray s …

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  • 7Clitoral glans — The internal anatomy of the human vulva, with the clitoral hood and labia minora indicated as lines Latin glans clitoridis …

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  • 8Immature ovum — An immature ovum is a cell that goes through the process of oogenesis to become an ovum. It can be an oogonium, an oocyte or an ootid. An oocyte, in turn, can be either primary or secondary, depending on how far it has come in its process of… …

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  • 9liquor — 1. Any liquid or fluid. 2. A term used for certain body fluids. 3. The pharmacopoeial term for any aqueous solution (not a decoction or infusion) of a nonvolatile substance and for aqueous solutions of gases. SEE ALSO …

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  • 10Corpus cavernosum of clitoris — The internal anatomy of the human vulva, with the clitoral hood and labia minora indicated as lines. Latin corpus cavernosum clitor …

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