Glosary 81 - 90

81. Headache (Dolor de cabeza): is a symptom of a number of different conditions of the head and sometimes neck.

82. Heart (Corazón): is the organ in your chest that pumps the blood around your body.

83. Heel (Talón): is the back part of your foot, just below your ankle.

84. Heparin (Heparina): is widely used as an injectable anticoagulant, and has the highest negative charge density of any known biological molecule.

85. Hormone (Hormona): is a chemical, usually occurring naturally in your body, that makes an organ of your body do something.

86. Knee (Rodilla): is the place where your leg bends.

87. Larynx (Laringe): is an organ in the neck of mammals involved in protection of the trachea and sound production. The larynx houses the vocal folds, and is situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the esophagus.

88. Joint (Articulación): is the location at which two or more bones make contact.

89. Lavage (Lavado): is washing out the stomach, for example, to remove drugs or poisons.

90. Leg (Pierna): is the long part of their body that they use to stand on.