Anatomy Vocabulary

plural cerebrums or cerebra SPECIALIZED the front part of the brain, which is involved with thought, decision, emotion and character (Grosshirn)

the bottom part of your brain that controls your muscles: Many neurologic disorders affecting the brain stem, cerebellum, and spinal cord posterior column may cause dizzy sensations. (Kleinhirn)

plural cortices SPECIALIZED the outer layer, especially of the brain and other organs: the cerebral cortex (Hirnrinde)

the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. The inflammation of the meninges is called meningitis. (Hirnhaut)

the set of nerves inside the spine that connect the brain to other nerves in the body (Rückenmark)

the organ in your chest that sends the blood around your body: heart disease/failure (Herz)

a tube that carries liquids such as blood through the body: A heart attack is caused by the blood vessels that supply the blood to the heart muscle getting blocked. Gefäss)

one of the thick tubes that carry blood from the heart to other parts of the body: Hardening of the coronary arteries can lead to a heart attack. (Arterie)

a tube that carries blood to the heart from the other parts of the body (Vene)

the smallest type of blood vessel (=tube carrying blood) in the body: Between the arteries and the veins are networks of tiny blood vessels called capillaries. (Kapillargefäss)

an organ near the stomach which produces and cleans the body's blood (Milz)

[C] either of a pair of small organs in the body which take away waste matter from the blood to produce urine: kidney failure (Niere)

the soft part at the top of the throat which connects the mouth and nose to the oesophagus and the larynx (Rachen)

SPECIALIZED, ALSO esophagus (US) the tube which takes food from the mouth to the stomach (Speiseröhre)

an organ in the body where food is digested, or the soft front part of your body just below the chest (Magen)

ALSO bowel / gut (INFORMAL) a long tube through which food travels from the stomach and out of the body while it is being digested: Antibodies from the mother's milk line the baby's intestines and prevent infection. (Darm)

the lower and bigger half of the bowels in which water is removed from excrement (Dickdarm)

the lowest end of the bowels, down which excrement travels before leaving the body through the anus (Mastdarm)

the opening at the end of the alimentary canal through which solid waste leaves the body (After, Darmausgang)

an organ in the body that produces insulin and substances which help to digest food so that it can be used by the body (Bauchspeicheldrüse)

a large organ in the body which cleans the blood and produces bile, or this organ from an animal used as meat (Leber)

a bitter yellow liquid produced by the liver, helps to digest fat: (Galle)

a small bag-like bodily organ connected to the liver which stores bile (= a bitter liquid that helps to digest food): She had an operation to remove a stone from her gall bladder. (Gallenblase)

a bag-like organ inside the body of a person or animal, where urine is stored before it leaves the body: to empty your bladder (= urinate) (Blase)

a small organ near your bowel, which has little or no use: Christine had to go into hospital to have her appendix out (=have it removed). (Blinddarm)

the liquid that is produced naturally in your mouth: The flu virus is usually spread in the small droplets of saliva coughed or sneezed into the atmosphere by an infected person. (Speichel)

(SPECIALIZED, also trachea) the tube which carries air from the throat to the lungs: A bit of food went down my windpipe and made me cough. (Luftröhre)

either of the two organs in the chest with which people and some animals breathe: (Lunge)

the muscle which separates the chest from the lower part of the body (Zwerchfell)

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 (Eierstock)

plural uteri or uteruses SPECIALIZED ALSO: womb the organ in the body of a woman or other female mammal in which a baby develops before birth (Gebärmutter)

the long tube-like structure which connects a baby which has not yet been born to its mother's placenta He asked the nurse if he could cut his son's umbilical cord. (Nabelschnur)

plural cervixes or cervices SPECIALIZED the narrow lower part of the womb, which leads into the vagina cervical cancer/screening (Gebärmutterhals)

the part of a woman or other female mammal's body which connects her outer sex organs to her womb (Scheide)