Anatomie Englisch
ZHAW Pflege 1. Semester
ZHAW Pflege 1. Semester
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a part of the body of an animal or plant which performs a particular job:
organ
a round growth, just under the skin or deeper in the body, which contains liquid:
cyst
a serious disease that is caused when cells in the body grow in a way that is uncontrolled and not normal, killing normal cells and often causing death
cancer
a mass of diseased cells which might become a lump or cause illness:
tumour
the organ inside the head that controls thought, memory, feelings and activity:
brain
Grosshirn
cerebrum
the bottom part of your brain that controls your muscles:
cerebellum
Hirnrinde
Cortex
the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
meninges
the set of nerves inside the spine that connect the brain to other nerves in the body
spinal cord
the organ in your chest that sends the blood around your body
heart
a tube that carries liquids such as blood through the body:
vessel
one of the thick tubes that carry blood from the heart to other parts of the body:
artery
a tube that carries blood to the heart from the other parts of the body
vein
the smallest type of blood vessel (=tube carrying blood) in the body:
capillary
an organ near the stomach which produces and cleans the body's blood. Milz
spleen
either of a pair of small organs in the body which take away waste matter from the blood to produce urine:
kidney
the soft part at the top of the throat which connects the mouth and nose to the oesophagus and the larynx
pharynx
Speiseröhre
oesophagus
an organ in the body where food is digested, or the soft front part of your body just below the chest
stomach
ALSO bowel / gut(INFORMAL) a long tube through which food travels from the stomach and out of the body while it is being digested:
intestine
the lower and bigger half of the bowels in which water is removed from excrement
colon
the lowest end of the bowels, down which excrement travels before leaving the body through the anus
rectum
the opening at the end of the alimentary canalthrough which solid waste leaves the body
anus
an organ in the body that produces insulinand substances which help to digest food so that it can be used by the body
pancreas
a large organ in the body which cleans the blood and produces bile, or this organ from an animal used as meat
liver
a bitter yellow liquid produced by the liver, helps to digest fat:
bile
a small bag-like bodily organ connected to the liver which stores bile(= a bitter liquid that helps to digest food):
gall bladder
a bag-like organ inside the body of a person or animal, where urine is stored before it leaves the body:
bladder
a small organ near your bowel, which has little or no use:
appendix
the liquid that is produced naturally in your mouth:
saliva
(SPECIALIZED, also trachea)
the tube which carries air from the throat to the lungs:
windpipe
either of the two organs in the chest with which people and some animals breathe:
lung
the muscle which separates the chest from the lower part of the body
diaphragm
either of the pair of organs in a woman's body which produce eggs, or the part of any female animal or plant that produces eggs or seeds
ovary
ALSO: womb
the organ in the body of a woman or other female mammal in which a baby develops before birth
uterus
the long tube-like structure which connects a baby which has not yet been born to its mother's placenta
umbilical cord
the narrow lower part of the womb, which leads into the vagina
cervix
the part of a woman or other female mammal's body which connects her outer sex organs to her womb
vagina
the part of a male's body which is used for urinating and in sexual activity
penis