Reticulocytes are immature red blood cells typically composing about 1% of the red cells in the human body.Reticulocytes develop and mature in the red bone marrow and then circulate for […]
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Right atrium
The right atrium (in older texts termed the right auricle which now means the right atrial appendage) is one of four chambers (two atria and two ventricles) in the hearts […]
Left atrium
The left atrium is one of four chambers in the human heart. It receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary veins and pumps it into the left ventricle via the mitral […]
Right ventricle
The right ventricle is one of four chambers (two atria and two ventricles) in the human heart. It receives deoxygenated blood from the right atrium via the tricuspid valve and […]
Left ventricle
The left ventricle is one of four chambers (two atria and two ventricles) in the human heart. It receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium via the mitral valve and […]
Mast cell
A mast cell (also known as a mastocyte or a labrocyte) is a resident granulocyte of several types of tissues that contains many granules rich in histamine and heparin. Although […]
Vomeronasal organ
The vomeronasal organ (VNO) or Jacobson’s organ is an auxiliary olfactory sense organ that is found in many animals. It was discovered by Frederik Ruysch prior to 1732 and later […]
Macula of retina
The macula or macula lutea (from Latin macula spot + lutea yellow) is an oval-shaped highly pigmented yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye. It […]
Hyoid bone
The hyoid bone (lingual bone) (/ˈhaɪɔɪd/; Latin os hyoideum) is a horseshoe-shaped bone situated in the anterior midline of the neck between the chin and the thyroid cartilage. At rest […]
Areola
This article is about the breast tissue. For the entomology term see the glossary of Lepidopteran terms. For an artistic cloud motif see aureola. For the cactus feature see Areole. […]