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21Breast implant — A breast implant is a prosthesis used to enlarge the size of a woman s breasts (known as breast augmentation, breast enlargement, mammoplasty enlargement, augmentation mammoplasty or the common slang term boob job) for cosmetic reasons; to… …
22Progesterone — Systematic (IUPAC) name Pregn 4 ene 3,20 dione …
23Synovial joint — Typical Joint A Synovial joint, also known as a diarthrosis, is the most common and most movable type of joint in the body of a mammal. As with most other joints, synovial joints achieve movement at the point of contact of the articulating bones …
24gland — An organized aggregation of cells functioning as a secretory or excretory organ. SYN: glandula (1) [TA]. [L. glans, acorn] accessory g. a small mass of glandular structure, detached from but lying near another and larger g., to which it is… …
25Spinal cord — Latin medulla spinalis The spinal cord nested in the vertebral column …
26Evolutionary medicine — Charles Darwin’s daughter Anne, “the joy of the household” died aged 10 due to tuberculosis …
27Cell — 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… …
28adeps — 1. Denoting fat or adipose tissue. 2. The rendered fat of swine, lard, used in the preparation of ointments. SYN: lard. SEE ALSO: a. lanae. [L. lard, fat] a. lanae the greasy substance obtained from the wool of the sheep Ovis aries (family… …
29Immune system — A scanning electron microscope image of a single neutrophil (yellow), engulfing anthrax bacteria (orange). An immune system is a system of biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease by identifying and… …
30Dermis — This article is about the layer of skin. For the website, see DermIS (Dermatology Information System). Dermis Latin dermis; corium Code TH H3.12.00.1.03001 …
