Anatomy Glossary
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abdomen | show 🗑
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show | to move away from the midline; opposite of adduct
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show | the study of the endocrine system
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adventitia, Externa | show 🗑
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alimentary canal | show 🗑
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alveolus | show 🗑
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show | saclike dilation of a tube or duct
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show | connection between vessels; fore example, the Circle of Villis is an anastomosis of certain cerebral arteries
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Anatomy | show 🗑
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angiology | show 🗑
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anterior nares | show 🗑
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anterior (ventral) | show 🗑
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show | blood-filled saclike dilation of the wall of an artery
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antrum | show 🗑
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show | the main trunk of the systemic arterial system
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show | pointed end of a conial structure
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show | flat sheet of white fibrous tissue that serves as a muscle attachment, a tendon
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show | relating to an appendix or apendage
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show | vessels carrying blood away from the heart
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arterioles | show 🗑
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articulation | show 🗑
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ascending colon | show 🗑
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show | chamber or cavity;for example, atrium of each side of the heart
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show | this includes 74 bones that form the upright acis of the body and 6 tiny middle ear bones
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show | realting to, orhaving two sides
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show | small branch of a bronchus
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bronchus | show 🗑
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show | pertaining to the arm
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show | the space between the lips and the gums and teeth; the vestibule of the oral cavity
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show | cup shaped division of the renal pelvis
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show | microscopic blood vessel; capillaries connect arterioles with venueles. Also, microscopic lymphatic vessles
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carpal | show 🗑
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show | pertaining to the tail of an animal. opposite of cephalic
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cecum | show 🗑
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celiac | show 🗑
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cervix | show 🗑
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show | shell shaped structure. for example, bony projections in the nasal cavity
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condyle | show 🗑
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show | outer part of an internal organ; for exapm;e, of the cerebrum and kidney
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show | pertaining to the ribs
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crest | show 🗑
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cubital | show 🗑
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show | pertaining to the skin
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deferens | show 🗑
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descending colon | show 🗑
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distal | show 🗑
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diverticulum | show 🗑
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dorsal | show 🗑
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show | the first and shortes part of the small intestinge
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show | ends of a long bone
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show | secreting in to the blood or tissue fluid rather than into a duct; opposite of exocrine
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exocrine | show 🗑
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show | pertaining to the outside
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show | sheet of connective tissue
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show | groove
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show | a hole, small opening; example, foramen magnum of the occipital bone
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fossa | show 🗑
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fovea | show 🗑
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frontal eminences | show 🗑
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show | the hollows formed on eather siede of the separation of the two plates of the frontal bone beneath the superciliary ridge
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fundus | show 🗑
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gall bladder | show 🗑
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gastric | show 🗑
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show | reproductive organs
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show | a secreting structure
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show | of the tongue
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show | a rounded projection beyone a narrow neckline portion; example, head of the femur
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show | pertaining to the liver
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show | depresion where vessels enter an organ
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show | shaped like the letter U; bone of this shape at the base of the tongue
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show | the third portion of the small intestine, about 12 feet in length
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show | lower
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show | pertaining to the groin
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integumetary | show 🗑
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show | relating to the inside
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show | of or forming small spaces between things. Intercellular
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show | the place of union, usually more or less moveable, between two ro more bones
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show | the portion of the small intestine, about teight feet in lenght, between the duodenum and the ileu
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show | lips
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cacrimal | show 🗑
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show | th organ of voice production, the upper part of the respiratory tract between the pharynx and the trachea
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lacuna | show 🗑
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show | of or toward the side; opposite of medial
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liver (hepatic system) | show 🗑
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lumen | show 🗑
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show | cone-shaped organs, large enought to fill the pleural protion of the thoracic cavity completely. The left lung is partially divided by fussures into two lobes, upper and lower, and the right lung into three lobes, superior, middle and inferior.
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show | handle; upper part of the ternum
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show | a tube-shaped opening; example, the external auditory meatus
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show | of or toward the middle; opposite of lateral
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mediastinum | show 🗑
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medulla | show 🗑
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membrane | show 🗑
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show | fold of peritoneum that attaches the intestine to the posterior abdominal wall
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show | situated in the middle, median
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morphology | show 🗑
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myology | show 🗑
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nares | show 🗑
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show | the dividing wall between the two nasal cavities, formed posteriorly of bone
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neurology | show 🗑
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show | pertaining to the nape of the neck
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occiput | show 🗑
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olecranon | show 🗑
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show | pertaining to the sense of smell
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show | pertaining to the eyes
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show | an opening
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show | small bones; specifically one of the bones of the tympanum or drum of the ear
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show | roof of the mouth
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palpebrae | show 🗑
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show | an elongated lobulated organ composed of both exocrine glandular tissue and endocrine glanular tissue. secretes digestive enzymes, insulin, and glucagon
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parietal | show 🗑
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parotid | show 🗑
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pectineal | show 🗑
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show | pertaining to the chest or breast
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peripheral | show 🗑
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show | finger or toe
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show | the throat; the upper expanded portion of the dige4stive tract between the esophagus belwo the mough and nasal cavities abouve and in front.
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phrenic | show 🗑
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plasma | show 🗑
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show | hegind the knee
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show | following after; hence located behind; opposite of anterior
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show | a projection or outgrowth
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show | to turn palm downward
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show | gland, partly muscular and partly glandular, which surrounds the geginning of the male urethra and secretes a milky fluid into the urethra at the same time of semen emission
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protuberance | show 🗑
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show | next or nearest
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pyloric sphincter | show 🗑
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show | branch
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renal | show 🗑
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respiratory system | show 🗑
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rugae | show 🗑
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show | liken an arrow; longitudinal
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show | the three pairs of glands furnishing the salivea, the parotid, sublingual, and submaxillary
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sclera | show 🗑
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sesamoid bones | show 🗑
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show | that protion of the large intestine that courses downwardbelow the iliac crest
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sinus | show 🗑
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show | a muscle that priciaplly closes an aperture
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spinous process or spine | show 🗑
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splanchnic | show 🗑
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show | higher; opposite of inferior
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supernate | show 🗑
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show | arched ridge just below the eyebrow
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symphysis | show 🗑
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systems | show 🗑
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tendon | show 🗑
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thorax | show 🗑
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tibia | show 🗑
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show | crosswise, lying across the long axis of the body or of a part
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transverse colon | show 🗑
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trachea | show 🗑
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trochanter | show 🗑
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show | small, rounded projection
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tuberosity | show 🗑
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show | the outer, fivroelastic coat of a blood vessel or other bubular structuree
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tunica intima (interna) | show 🗑
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show | the middle, usually muscular, coat of an arterty or other tubular structure
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show | one of the outer layers of a part, especially of hallow organ or blood vessel
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ureter | show 🗑
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urethra | show 🗑
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show | latin for a little grape, projection hanging from the soft palate
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show | structure that permist flow of a lfuid in one direction oley
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vas | show 🗑
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vastus | show 🗑
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veins | show 🗑
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ventral | show 🗑
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vermiform appendix | show 🗑
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show | relating to or containing blood vessels
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show | referring to the internal organs
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show | sword-shaped
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zygoma | show 🗑
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