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| x Nasal bridge | Bridge piercing | ||
| x Nape |
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Nape piercing |
The nape is the back of the neck. In many mammals, the nape is the site of the scruff, a loose, non-sensitive area of skin by which the mother can carry her young, holding the scruff between her teeth. The nape is sometimes a target of body piercing...
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| x Uvula |
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Uvula piercing |
The uvula (pronounced /ˈjuːvjələ/) is the conic projection from the posterior edge of the middle of the soft palate, composed of connective tissue containing a number of racemose glands, and some muscular fibers (musculus uvulae).
In Latin, ūvula...
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| x Penis |
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Dolphin piercing |
The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external sexual organ of certain biologically male organisms, in both vertebrates and invertebrates.
The penis is a reproductive organ, technically an intromittent organ, and for placental mammals,...
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| Lorum | |||
| Frenum ladder | |||
| Deep shaft piercing | |||
| Frenum piercing | |||
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| x Urethra |
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Prince Albert piercing |
In anatomy, the urethra (from Greek οὐρήθρα - ourethra) is a tube which connects the urinary bladder to the outside of the body. In males, the urethra travels through the penis, and carries semen as well as urine. In females, the urethra is shorter...
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| Princess Albertina | |||
| Reverse Prince Albert piercing | |||
| x Antihelix |
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Snug |
On the pinna, a curved prominence of cartilage, parallel with and in front of the helix, is called the antihelix, also known as the anthelix; this divides above into two crura, the crura antihelicis, between which is a triangular depression, the...
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| x Tragus |
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Tragus piercing |
The tragus is a small pointed eminence of the external ear, situated in front of the concha, and projecting backward over the meatus. Its name comes from the Greek: tragos, goat, and is descriptive of its general covering on its under surface with a...
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| x Clitoral hood |
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Clitoral hood piercing |
In female human anatomy, the clitoral hood, (also called preputium clitoridis and clitoral prepuce), is a fold of skin that surrounds and protects the clitoral glans. It develops as part of the labia minora and is homologous with the foreskin ...
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| Triangle piercing | |||
| Nefertiti piercing | |||
| x Surface piercing |
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Madison piercing |
Surface piercings are any body piercings that take place on the surface sewn into the body through areas which are not particularly concave or convex, where the piercing canal transverses a surface flap of skin, rather than running completely...
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| Neck piercing | |||
| Corset piercing | |||
| x Helix |
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Helix piercing |
The prominent rim of the auricula is called the helix. Where the helix turns downward behind, a small tubercle is frequently seen: the auricular tubercle of Darwin.
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's...
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| x Scrotum |
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Lorum |
In some male mammals the scrotum (also referred to as the cod) is a protuberance of skin and muscle containing the testicles. It is an extension of the abdomen, and is located between the penis and anus. In humans and some other mammals, the base of...
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| Transscrotal piercing | |||
| Hafada piercing | |||
| x Hand |
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Hand web piercing |
A hand (med./lat.: manus, pl. manūs) is a prehensile, multi-fingered body part normally located at the end of an arm or forelimb of a primate.
Hands are the chief organs for physically manipulating the environment, used for both gross motor skills ...
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| x Perineum |
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Guiche piercing | |
| x Nostril |
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Nose piercing |
A nostril (or naris, pl. nares) is one of the two channels of the nose, from the point where they bifurcate to the external opening. In birds and mammals, they contain branched bones or cartilages called turbinates, whose function is to warm air on...
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| x Frenulum linguae |
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Tongue frenulum piercing |
The frenulum of tongue (or lingual frenulum) is the frenulum of the tongue, a small fold of mucous membrane extending from the floor of the mouth to the midline of the underside of the tongue.
Ankyloglossia, also known as tongue-tie, is a congenital...
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| x Mons pubis |
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Christina piercing | |
| x Antitragus |
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Antitragus piercing |
The antitragus is a feature of human ear anatomy. It is a small tubercle that points anteriorly. It is separated from the tragus by the intertragic notch.
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy....
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| x Eyebrow |
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Eyebrow piercing |
The eyebrow is an area of thick, delicate hairs above the eye that follows the shape of the lower margin of the brow ridges. Their main function is to protect the eye, but they are also important to human communication and facial expression. It is...
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| Anti-eyebrow | |||
| x Labia minora |
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Labia piercing |
The labia minora (singular: labium minus) or nymphae are two longitudinal cutaneous folds on the human vulva. They are situated between the labia majora, and extend from the clitoris obliquely downward, laterally, and backward on either side of the...
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| x Nipple |
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Nipple piercing |
In its most general form, a nipple is a structure from which a fluid emanates. More specifically, it is the projection on the breasts of a mammal by which breast milk is delivered to a mother's young.
In the anatomy of mammals, a nipple or mammary...
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| x Glans penis |
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Ampallang |
The glans penis (or simply glans) is the sensitive bulbous structure at the distal end of the penis. It is also commonly referred to as the "head" of the penis. Slang terms include "helmet", "nob" (or "knob"), and "bell end", and all refer to its...
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| Dydoe | |||
| Apadravya | |||
| x Clitoris |
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Clitoris piercing | |
| Isabella piercing | |||
| x Cartilage |
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Industrial piercing |
Cartilage is a stiff yet flexible connective tissue found in many areas in the bodies of humans and other animals, including the joints between bones, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, the elbow, the knee, the ankle, the bronchial tubes and the...
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| Daith piercing | |||
| x Frenulum labiorum pudendi |
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Fourchette piercing |
In female human anatomy, the frenulum labiorum pudendi (aka the fourchette or the posterior commissure of the labia minora) is a frenulum where the labia minora meet posteriorly.
The fourchette may be torn during delivery due to the sudden...
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| x Lip |
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Lip frenulum piercing | |
| x Labium |
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Christina piercing |
Labium (plural labia) is a Latin-derived term meaning "Lip". Labium and its derivatives (including labial, labrum) are used to describe any lip-like structure, but in the English language, labium often specifically refers to parts of the vulva.
The...
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| Nefertiti piercing | |||
| x Foreskin |
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Foreskin piercing |
In male human anatomy, the foreskin is a retractable double-layered fold of skin and mucous membrane that covers the glans penis and protects the urinary meatus (pronounced /miːˈeɪtəs/) when the penis is not erect. It is also described as the...
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| x Navel |
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Navel piercing | |
| x Labia majora |
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Labia piercing |
The labia majora (singular: labium majus) are two prominent longitudinal cutaneous folds which extend downward and backward from the mons pubis to the perineum and form the lateral boundaries of the cleft of venus, which contains the labia minora,...
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| x Neck |
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Madison piercing |
The neck is the part of the body on many terrestrial or secondarily aquatic vertebrates that distinguishes the head from the torso or trunk. The Latin term signifying "of the neck" is cervical.
The cervical portion of the human spine comprises seven...
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| Nape piercing | |||
| x Philtrum |
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Medusa piercing |
The philtrum (Greek φιλτρον philtron, from φιλειν philein 'to love; to kiss'), also known as the infranasal depression, is the vertical groove in the upper lip, formed where the nasomedial and maxillary processes meet during embryonic development....
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| x Nasal septum |
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Nose piercing |
The nasal septum separates the left and right airways in the nose, dividing the two nostrils.
It is depressed by the Depressor septi nasi muscle.
The fleshy external end of the nasal septum is sometimes also called columella.
The nasal septum is...
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| x Tongue |
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Tongue piercing |
The tongue is a muscle on the floor of the mouth that manipulates food for chewing and swallowing (deglutition). It is the primary organ of taste, as much of the upper surface of the tongue is covered in papillae and taste buds. A secondary function...
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| x Cheek |
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Cheek piercing | |
| Anti-eyebrow | |||
| x Vagina |
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Princess Albertina |
The vagina (from Latin vagĭna, literally "sheath" or "scabbard") is a fibromuscular tubular tract leading from the uterus to the exterior of the body in female placental mammals and marsupials, or to the cloaca in female birds, monotremes, and some...
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| x Nose |
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Nose piercing |
Anatomically, a nose is a protuberance in vertebrates that houses the nostrils, or nares, which admit and expel air for respiration in conjunction with the mouth. Behind the nose is the olfactory mucosa and the sinuses. Behind the nasal cavity, air...
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| x Ear |
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Industrial piercing | |
| Daith piercing | |||
| Conch piercing | |||
| Orbital piercing | |||
| x Frenulum of prepuce of penis |
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Prince Albert piercing |
The word frenulum on its own is often used for the frenulum of prepuce of penis, which is an elastic band of tissue under the glans penis that connects to the prepuce, or foreskin to the vernal mucosa, and helps contract the prepuce over the glans....
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| x Anus |
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Anal piercing |
The anus is an opening at the opposite end of an animal's digestive tract from the mouth. Its function is to expel feces, unwanted semi-solid matter produced during digestion, which, depending on the type of animal, may be one or more of: matter...
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