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In the body, they are the openings of the sweat glands, through which sweat is expelled from the body.
Pore
Blood vessel which takes the blood from the tissues to the heart.
Vein
Noises which are perceivable with ot withhout the use of instruments, and which in many cases are or important diagnostic value.
Sound
Inmediate, involuntary, reaction produced by a stimulus.
Reflex
Surgical procedure in order to repair damage, a dysfunction or other problem.
Operation
The internal covering of any cavity in the body is called by this name.
Mucus.
This is the releasing of a mature ovule to the fallopian tube. This process takes around one month.
Ovulation
A covering which protects a surface or any organ or cellular structure. It can also be called a stratum.
Layer
A band of fibrous tissue whose function is to connect and keep the connection between bones.
Ligament.
A device used to replace a part of the body which has had to be extracted for medical reasons or because it was lost in an accident.
Prosthesis
This is what we call any large internal organ, specially the abdominal organs.
Viscera
Any abnormal lump which appears on a body organ. They can be beningn or malign.
Tumour
Production and releasing of a substance within the body or externally carried out by a cell or gland.
Secretion
Any abnormal manisfestation in the body or its function which can be clearly observed by a person and which indicates an alteration.
Symptom
The act of placing in the body a substance or micro-organism which causes a disease, this way the body becomes immune to the illness.
Vaccination
The cell resulting from fetilization, it is the initial cell from which an embryo develops.
Zygote
This is what we call any large internal organ, specially the abdominal organs.
Viscera
A sensorial organ designed to capture light. In humans they are located in the retina.
Photoreceptor
The capacity of living beings to detect the presence of foreign substances which have entered the body, to neutralise and destroy them before they damege the tissues.
Immunity
Death of tissues in the circulatory system, caused by a blockage in the arteries which carry the blood.
Infarction
Fine membrane which covers the inside of the abdominal cavity, from below the diaphragm to the base of the pelvis and which contains all the abdominal organs.
Peritoneum
Any part of the body with a secretory function, that is, it produces and releases a substance.
Gland
This is the space occupied by the lungs in the thoracic cavity.
Mediastine
A blood clot which forms inside a vein or artery and which can have serious consequences if it obstructs the blood vessels or causes a narrowing.
Trombosis
A set of cellular bodies of neurones located outside the nervous centers.
Ganglion