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• Skeleton, bones of the

  The 62 lower extremity bones consist of 10 hip and leg, 14 ankle and 38 foot bones. The 10 hip and leg bones are the innominate or hip bone (fusion of the ilium, ischium, and pubis), femur, tibia, fibula, and patella (kneecap) on each side. The 14 ankle bones are the talus, calcaneus (heel bone), […]

• Skin

  the epidermis and the dermis. The outer layer of the skin (epidermis) is mostly made up of flat, scale-like cells called squamous cells. Under the squamous cells are round cells called basal cells. The deepest part of the epidermis also contains melanocytes, cells that produce melanin, which gives the skin its color. The inner layer […]

• Short arm of a chromosome

  The short arm of a human chromosome is symbolized by convention as “p”. The “p” comes from the French “petit” meaning small. All human chromosomes have 2 arms, the p (short) arm and the q (long) arm. They are separated from each other only by a primary constriction, the centromere, the point at which the […]

• Skin abscess

  A common boil, a collection of pus beneath the skin, which may need to be surgically lanced to let it drain and heal.

• Shopaholic

  Someone obsessed with shopping. A compulsive shopper. From shop + -aholic, alteration of -oholic (as in alcoholic) See Compulsive shopping.

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