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Not to be confused with peritoneum.In human anatomy the perineum (/pɛrəˈniːəm/; Late Latin from Greek περίνεος – perineos) is a region of the body including the perineal /pɛrəˈniːəl/ body and […]

The gonad is the organ that makes gametes. The gonads in males are the testes and the gonads in females are the ovaries. The product gametes are haploid germ cells. […]

Childbirth labour delivery birth partus or parturition is the culmination of a period of pregnancy with the expulsion of one or more newborn infants from a woman’s uterus. The process […]

The stapes /ˈsteɪpiːz/ is a bone in the middle ear of humans and other mammals which is involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear. The stirrup-shaped […]

The malleus /ˈmæliəs/ or hammer is a hammer-shaped small bone or ossicle of the middle ear which connects with the incus and is attached to the inner surface of the […]

The incus /ˈɪŋkəs/ is a bone in the middle ear. The anvil-shaped small bone is one of three ossicles in the middle ear. The incus receives vibrations from the malleus […]

The ossicles (also called auditory ossicles) are three bones in either middle ear that are among the smallest bones in the human body. They serve to transmit sounds from the […]

The hymen is a membrane that surrounds or partially covers the external vaginal opening. It forms part of the vulva or external genitalia and is similar in structure to the […]

A lymph node is an oval-shaped organ of the lymphatic system distributed widely throughout the body including the armpit and stomach and linked by lymphatic vessels. Lymph nodes are garrisons […]

The thalamus (from Greek θάλαμος chamber) is a midline symmetrical structure of two halves within the vertebrate brain situated between the cerebral cortex and the midbrain. Some of its functions […]