bursa

位于肌肉或肌腱滑过骨骼处的许多充满液体的小囊之一,用于减少两个运动表面之间的摩擦。

Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.

幼鸟泄殖腔上的憩室,作为淋巴器官和免疫系统的一部分,但随着鸟龄增长而萎缩。

A diverticulum on the cloaca of young birds, which serves as a lymphatic organ and as part of the immune system, but which atrophies as the bird ages.

雄性交配前储存精液或雌性接收精液的多种囊状器官之一。

Any of various pouchlike organs for storing semen prior to copulation in the male or for receiving semen in the female.

一种约十二英寸见方的祭坛装饰布,用于存放折叠的圣体布以示敬意。

A parament about twelve inches square in which the folded corporal is kept in for reasons of reverence.