lividity the gravitational pooling of blood in the dependent parts of the body conjunctivae the mucous membrane that covers the front of the eye and lines the inside of the eyelids nares the nostrils sooting cover or clog (something) with soot protuberant protruding; bulging cyanotic bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to not enough oxygen in the blood edema swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your body's tissues nasion also known as bridge of the nose inferio-medial away from the head toward the middle of the body zygoma the bony arch of the cheek formed by connection of the zygomatic and temporal bones. orbit the bony cavity in which the eyeball sits anterio-inferior front away from the head posterio-superior back toward the head serosal The outer lining of organs and body cavities of the abdomen and chest mediastinum a membranous partition between two body cavities or two parts of an organ retroperitoneum the tissue that lines the abdominal wall and covers most of the organs in the abdomen (in the back of the abdomen) pericardium the membrane enclosing the heart, consisting of an outer fibrous layer and an inner double layer of serous membrane atherosclerotic plaques the buildup of fats, cholesterol and other substances in and on your artery walls myocardium the muscular tissue of the heart focal lesions abnormal solid or liquid masses differentiated from normal liver through cross-sectional imaging pleura each of a pair of serous membranes lining the thorax and enveloping the lungs in humans and other mammals subcrepitant partially crepitant : faintly crepitant having or making a crackling sound palpitation a noticeably rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat kidney capsules thin membranous sheath that covers the outer surface of each kidney corticomedullary pelves pluarl of pelvis ureters the duct by which urine passes from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca thymus specialized primary lymphoid organ of the immune system in the throat involuted Literally, to turn inward or roll inward. To decrease in size after an enlargement leptomeninges two innermost layers of tissue that cover the brain and spinal cord gyri a ridge or fold between two clefts on the cerebral surface in the brain atherosclerosis a disease of the arteries characterized by the deposition of plaques of fatty material on their inner walls dura The outermost, toughest, and most fibrous of the three membranes (meninges) covering the brain and the spinal cord