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GLOSSARY
                         Vein - is a blood vessel through which blood flows in the direction from organs
                  and tissues to the heart. Venous blood flow is provided by other factors than arterial.
                  The movement of blood through the veins is affected by negative pressure in the chest
                  cavity  during  inspiration,  the  suction  effect  of  the  atria  in  the  diastole  phase,
                  contractions of skeletal muscles, gravity for the veins located above the heart.
                         Hypothalamus (hypothalamus) - the ventral part of the intermediate brain, forms
                  the bottom of the III ventricle. The hypothalamus includes a visual intersection, a gray
                  hillock  that  continues  into  a  funnel  that  connects  to  the  pituitary  gland, as  well  as
                  papillary bodies located behind the gray hillock.
                         The pituitary gland (hypophysis) - is an internal secretion gland. It is located at
                  the base of the brain, hanging on a leg into the pituitary fossa of the Turkish saddle of
                  the sphenoid bone. The pituitary gland has a rounded shape, dimensions 1.5x0.7 cm,
                  weight up to 0.5 g. It distinguishes the anterior (large) and posterior (smaller) lobes,
                  between which there is an intermediate part.
                         Pharynx (pharynx) is a hollow fibro muscular organ 13-14 cm long, attached at
                  the  top  to  the  base  of  the  skull.  At  the  bottom  of  the  pharynx  continues  into  the
                  esophagus. The respiratory and digestive tracts intersect in the pharynx.
                         The sternum (sternum) - is the median bone of the thorax, has a handle, body and
                  xiphoid process.
                         The  diaphragm  -    is  the  main  respiratory  muscle,  which  flattens  during
                  contraction, increasing the volume of the thoracic cavity and contributing to inspiration,
                  and takes a spherical convex shape when exhaling, separating the thoracic cavity from
                  the abdominal cavity.
                         The stomach (ventriculus s. gaster) - is an expanded part of the digestive tube, in
                  which  the  mechanical  processing  of  food  and  the  chemical  effect  of  gastric  juice

                  (contains hydrochloric acid, pepsin and other enzymes) takes place.
                         Teeth  (dentes)  -  are  modified  and  highly  specialized  papillae  of  the  mucous
                  membrane, consisting of very hard tissue; they are located in the alveoli of the upper
                  and lower jaws.
                         A capillary (vas capillare) - is the smallest vessel in the circulatory and lymphatic
                  systems  with  a  diameter  of  2.5-30  microns.  Blood  capillaries  carry  out  the  main
                  metabolic processes between blood and tissues in a large circle of blood circulation,
                  and between blood and air - in a small one.
                         Duodenum (duodenum)  - is the first part of the small intestine, starting from the
                  stomach, about 30 cm long. The shape of the intestine is horseshoe-shaped, its concave
                  part fuses with the pancreas, the convex part faces to the right.
                         The rectum - is the final part of the digestive tube. It is located in the pelvis, its
                  upper border passes at the level of the cape, the lower one is the anal canal ending in
                  the anus.
                         The blind gut (saesim) - is the initial, expanded section of the colon 5-8 cm long,

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