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Vocabulary
HMA
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a, an | Without, lack of, not |
| ad | toward |
| ana | up, toward, apart |
| cardi | heart |
| dextr/o | right |
| dorsi/o | back |
| endo | within, inner |
| eu | normal, good, well, healthy |
| genesis | development, orgin |
| im, in | in ,into, within, not |
| intro | into, within |
| latero | side |
| limb | edge, border |
| micr/o | small |
| per | through, excessive |
| pleur/o | side, rib |
| post | after, behind |
| pseudo | false |
| sinistr/o | left |
| sub | beneath, below |
| thorac | chest |
| ab | away from |
| ampi, ambi, ampho | both |
| ante | before, infront of, foward |
| co, com, con | With together |
| coron | crown |
| dis | apart from, free from |
| acetabal | Vinegar Cup |
| Burs | Pouch, Purse |
| carp/o | area responding to the human wrist |
| chondro,chondr/io,chondr/i | cartilage |
| clav | Key |
| corax | raven/ crow |
| e, ex,ex | out of, away from |
| epi | upon, on , over, above |
| extra | outside of, beyond |
| hist/o | tissue |
| infra | below |
| ipsi | same |
| lev/o | left |
| medi | middle |
| mult/i | many |
| pan | all, entire |
| pariet | wall |
| pelv | basin |
| peri | around, enclosing |
| poly | many |
| pro | before,in front |
| sagitt | arrow |
| somat/o, samatic/o | body |
| supra | above,beyond |
| ventr/l,ventr/o | belly, underside of a quadruped |
| cranio | skull |
| dactyl/o | digit or toe |
| Epicondyle | a projection found superior to a condyle |
| foramen | large, naturally occuring hole completely through a bone |
| Fossa | Shallow, elongated depression in bone |
| ilio | ilium, or flank |
| Meatus | Canal like passageway, naturally occurring canal within the bone |
| myelo | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| occipit/o | back of the head |
| os,osteo,oss,/eo,oss/l | bone |
| Process | a prominence or project as from the bone |
| scaph | anything hollow,bowl, ship |
| spine | narrow, slender or thin process of bone |
| stern/o | breast,chest |
| supra/super | above,superior,excess |
| tars/o | flat surface, can refer to the area corresponding to the human ankle, or the edge of the eyelid |
| trophy | development |
| tubercle | small, rounded project from the bone, bumps |
| ula,cula,ulum,culum,cle | small or little |
| ante | in front of |
| brachi/o | arm or upper forearm |
| capit/o | head |
| cervico | neck |
| circum, circle | around, about |
| condyle | a round, smooth knob that allows the moment of a joint |
| costo | rib |
| crest | narrow ridge of bone; Prominence ridge on a bone, often anterior |
| dia | between, through, apart, across, completely |
| facet | flat to slightly concave or convex surface that articulates with other bones |
| fore | in front of, previous, earlier |
| fovea | tiny pit |
| infra | beneath, below |
| meta | change, beyond, after |
| nas/o | nose |
| oid | like or resembling |
| phalanx | a line or array of soldiers |
| Ramus | 2 angles joining together; when a bone is in shape of letter L |
| Sinus | a cavity found within the bone |
| spondylo | spinal column or vertebra |
| sub | under or beneath |
| sym/syn | together with |
| trochanter | Large bump: only two of them on the femur |
| tuber | lump or swellng |
| tuberosity | knoblike rough projection of bone, larger than tubercle |
| Abduction | Movement away from the mid line |
| adduction | Movement toward the mid line |
| Arthro | joint |
| circumduction | conical movement of a body part one end is stationary while the other moves in a circle |
| depression | movement in an inferior direction |
| dorsiflexion | decreases the angle between the dorsum of the foot and leg |
| Elevation | movement in a superior direction |
| Eversion | movements that tilt the sole of the foot away from the mid line of the body |
| External (Rotation) | Rotation away from the center of the body |
| Extension | Increases the angle between 2 body parts |
| Flexion | Decreases the angle between two body parts |
| Internal (Rotation) | Rotation towards the axis of the body |
| Iversion | Movements that tilt the sole of the foot toward the midline of body |
| Lateral Rotation | Rotation away from the center of the body |
| Medial Rotation | Rotation towards the axis of the body |
| occlusion | Motion towards of the mandible towards the maxilla making contact between the teeth |
| opposition | Movement that involves grasping of the thumb and fingers |
| palmerflexion | Decreasing the angle between the palm and the anterior forearm |
| Plantarflexion | Decreases the angle between the sole of the foot and the back of the leg |
| Pronate | Rotational movement where the hand and upper arm are turned inwards or the sole turns outward |
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