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| are two small pouch like tubes located behind the bladder and near the junction of the vas deferens and the ejaculatory ducts. |
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| a sac suspended between the thighs and the testes are located in it. |
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| is a tube that extends from the urinary bladder through penis to outside of the body. |
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| The lowest part of the small intestine, located beyond the duodenum and jejunum, just before the large intestine |
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| Part of the small intestine. It is half-way down the small intestine between its duodenum and ileum sections |
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| The part of the intestine that goes from the cecum to the rectum. The large intestine absorbs water from stool and changes it from a liquid to a solid form. The large intestine is 5 feet long and includes the appendix, cecum, colon, and rectum |
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| A solid organ located in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. The liver plays a major role in metabolism, digestion, detoxification and elimination of substances from the body |
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| The upper opening of the digestive tract, beginning with the lips and containing the teeth, gums, and tongue. Foodstuffs are broken down mechanically in the mouth by chewing and saliva is added as a lubricant. Saliva contains amylase, an enzyme that digests starch |
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| A fish-shaped spongy grayish-pink organ about 6 inches (15 cm) long that stretches across the back of the abdomen, behind the stomach. The head of the pancreas is on the right side of the abdomen and is connected to the duodenum (the first section of the small intestine). The narrow end of the pancreas, called the tail, extends to the left side of the body. |
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| The rippling motion of muscles in the digestive tract. In the stomach, this motion mixes food with gastric juices, turning it into a thin liquid |
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| The hollow tube about 5 inches long that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the trachea (windpipe) and esophagus (the tube that goes to the stomach). |
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| The last 6 to 8 inches of the large intestine. The rectum stores solid waste until it leaves the body through the anus |
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| One of the glands in the mouth that produce saliva. There are 3 major salivary glands. They are the parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands |
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| The part of the digestive tract that extends from the stomach to the large intestine. |
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| The muscular part of the roof of the mouth. The soft palate is directly behind the hard palate. It lacks bone and so is soft. |
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| The sac-shaped digestive organ that is located in the upper abdomen, under the ribs. The upper part of the stomach connects to the esophagus, and the lower part leads into the small intestine |
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| The structures within the mouth that allow for biting and chewing. Teeth have different shapes, depending on their purpose. |
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| The tongue is a strong muscle anchored to the floor of the mouth. It is covered by the lingual membrane which has special areas to detect tastes |
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| A wormlike intestinal diverticulum starting from the blind end of the cecum in the lower right-hand part of the abdomen and ending in a blind extremity |
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| Microscopic finger-like projections that line the inner wall of the small intestine. (Singular: villus.) After food passes from the stomach into the small intestine, nutrients in the food are absorbed into the body through the villi. |
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| Any pouch or other flexible enclosure that can hold liquids or gases but usually refers to the hollow organ in the lower abdomen that stores urine -- the urinary bladder |
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| A double-walled, cup-shaped structure around the glomerulus of each nephron of the vertebrate kidney. It serves as a filter to remove organic wastes, excess inorganic salts, and water. |
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| The outer portion of an organ. |
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| The excretory system is an organ system that performs the function of excretion, the bodily process of discharging nitrogeneous wastes |
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| In the kidney, a tiny ball-shaped structure composed of capillary blood vessels actively involved in the filtration of the blood to form urine. The glomerulus is one of the key structures that make up the nephron, the functional unit of the kidney. |
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| A depression or slit-like opening through which nerves, ducts, or blood vessels enter and leave in an organ or a gland |
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| A property of cells, tissues, and organisms that allows the maintenance and regulation of the stability and constancy needed to function properly. Homeostasis is a healthy state that is maintained by the constant adjustment of biochemical and physiological pathways |
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| One of a pair of organs located in the right and left side of the abdomen which clear "poisons" from the blood, regulate acid concentration and maintain water balance in the body by excreting urine. The kidneys are part of the urinary tract |
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| The innermost part. The adrenal medulla is the innermost part of that gland. The renal medulla is the inner part of the kidney |
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| filtering unit in the kidney; part of the kidney which removes waste products from the blood |
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| The area at the center of the kidney. Urine collects here and is funneled into the ureter |
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| A tube that carries urine down from the kidney to the bladder |
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| The transport tube leading from the bladder to discharge urine outside the body. In males, the urethra travels through the penis, and carries semen as well as urine |
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| is the external orifice of the urethra, from which urine is ejected during urination |
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| The bodily system consisting of the organs that produce, collect, and eliminate urine and including the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra. |
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| Liquid waste. The urine is a clear, transparent fluid |
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| To urinate. Just as we can void a check and empty it of value, so can we void our bladder and empty it of urine |
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| One of a pair of small glands, each of which sits on top of one of the kidneys. The adrenal is made up of an outer wall (the cortex) and an inner portion (the medulla). |
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| The endocrine system is an integrated system of small organs that involve the release of extracellular signaling molecules known as hormones |
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| A chemical substance produced in the body that controls and regulates the activity of certain cells or organs |
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| A chemical substance produced in the body that controls and regulates the activity of certain cells or organs |
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| The female gonad, the ovary is one of a pair of reproductive glands in women. They are located in the pelvis, one on each side of the uterus. Each ovary is about the size and shape of an almond |
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| A gland that regulates calcium, located behind the thyroid gland in the neck. The parathyroid gland secretes a hormone called parathormone (or parathyrin) that is critical to calcium and phosphorus metabolism. |
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| a small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin |
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| The main endocrine gland. It is a small structure in the head. It is called the master gland because it produces hormones that control other glands and many body functions including growth. The pituitary consists of the anterior and posterior pituitary. |
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| temporary organ joining the mother and fetus, the placenta transfers oxygen and nutrients from the mother to the fetus, and permits the release of carbon dioxide and waste products from the fetus |
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| A lymphoid organ situated in the center of the upper chest just behind the sternum (breastbone). It is in the thymus that lymphocytes mature, multiply, and become T cells. (That is why they are called T cells |
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| A gland that makes and stores hormones that help regulate the heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, and the rate at which food is converted into energy. Thyroid hormones are essential for the function of every cell in the body. They help regulate growth and the rate of chemical reactions (metabolism) in the body. Thyroid hormones also help children grow and develop |
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| A pair of glands between the vulva and the vagina that produce lubrication in response to stimulation |
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| The breast refers to the front of the chest or, more specifically, to the mammary gland. The mammary gland is a milk producing gland. It is composed largely of fat. Within the mammary gland is a complex network of branching ducts |
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| Also called Cowper's gland. A pea-sized gland in the male located behind and to the side of the urethra that discharges a component of seminal fluid into the urethra. There are two bulbourethral glands, one on each side. They are the counterparts of Bartholin's glands in the female. |
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| two short tubes formed by the union of the vas defrens and the seminal vesicals |
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| The uterine lining; the cells that line the uterus (the womb); the inner layer of the uterus. This tissue is shed monthly in response to the hormonal changes of the menstrual period. The endometrium then grows back and slowly gets thicker and thicker until the next period when it is once again sloughed off |
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| A structure within the scrotum attached to the backside of the testis. The epididymis is a coiled segment of the spermatic ducts that serves to store, mature and transport spermatozoa between the testis and the vas (the vas deferens). |
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| One of the two Fallopian tubes that transport the egg from the ovary to the uterus (the womb). In the diagram, the Fallopian tubes are not labeled but are well shown running between the uterus and ovaries |
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| Fertilization is the process of combining the male gamete, or "sperm," with the female gamete, or "ovum." The product of this combination is a cell called a zygote. |
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| The larger (major) outside pair of labia (lips) of the vulva |
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| The smaller (minor) inside pair of labia (lips) of the vulva |
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| The external male sex organ used to copulate and ejaculate semen and to convey urine outside the body |
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| The area between the anus and the scrotum in the male and between the anus and the vulva (the labial opening to the vagina) in the female |
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| A gland within the male reproductive system that is located just below the bladder. Chestnut shaped, the prostate surrounds the beginning of the urethra, the canal that empties the bladder |
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| In women, the organs that are directly involved in producing eggs and in conceiving and carrying babies. In men, the organs directly involved in creating, storing, and delivering sperm to fertilize an egg |
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| The uterus (womb) is a hollow, pear-shaped organ located in a woman's lower abdomen between the bladder and the rectum. The narrow, lower portion of the uterus is the cervix; the broader, upper part is the corpus. The corpus is made up of two layers of tissue. |
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| The muscular canal extending from the cervix to the outside of the body. It is usually six to seven inches in length, and its walls are lined with mucus membrane |
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| The tube connecting the testes with the urethra. The vas deferens is a coiled duct that conveys sperm from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct and the urethra. |
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| In medicine and dentistry, a vestibule is a space or cavity at the entrance to a canal, channel, tube, vessel |
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| The female external genital organs including the labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, tiny glands called Bartolin's glands, and the entrance to the vagina (the vestibule of the vagina). |
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