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Sometimes you may find it difficult to remember the names by which
certain objects, parts of the human body, animal parts things people do
or study are called, especially if they are not often referred to in
general day-to-day conversation.
Sometimes you may be aware of some of the names but when you want to
speak about it you simply cannot recall it, even though it is at the tip
of your tongue. Here are the names by which some of the things we do
,hear or see are known by....
 [Human body]
*The white part at the start of of your fingernail which looks like a
half moon is called the lunula.
* The back of the human hand is the opisthenar.
* The little lump of flesh just forward of your ear canal is called a
tragus – it also aids in capturing sounds that come from behind you.
* The gland responsible for producing the hormone that regulates growth
is called the pituitary gland. It is the size of a pea.
* Stomach growls technically are called borborygmi; the growls are
caused by contractions of the muscles of the stomach and small intestine
and sometimes by muscles contractions of the large intestine (colon).
 [Plants and
animals]
* The tendency of the leaves or petals of certain plants to assume a
different position at night is called nyctitropism.
* The central shaft of a bird’s feather which bears the vane or web
of the feather is called a rachis.
* The hairless area of roughened skin at the tip of a bear’s snout is
called the rhinarium.
* The fleshy projection above the bill on a turkey is called a snood.
* Ducks are never male. The males of the species are called drakes.
[Objects]
* The pin that holds a hinge together is called a pintle.
* The device at the intersection of two railroad tracks to permit the
wheels and flanges on one track to cross or branch for the other is
called a frog.
* The working section of a piano is called the action.
* The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. |
