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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| adenology | show 🗑
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| show | outer coat of tube-shaped structure such as blood vessels
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| show | relating to food or nutrition. relating to the digestive system from the back of the mouth to the rectum
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| show | literally a small cavity; alveoli of lungs are microscopic saclike dilations of terminal bronchioles
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| show | saclike dilation of a tube or duct
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| anastomoses | show 🗑
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| show | the structure of an organism, morphology
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| angiology | show 🗑
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| show | external openings of the nostrils
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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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| aorta | show 🗑
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| show | pointed end of a conial structure
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| aponeurosis | show 🗑
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| appendicular skeleton | show 🗑
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| arteries | show 🗑
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| arterioles | show 🗑
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| show | a joining or connecting together loosely so as to allow motion beetween parts
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| show | the first part of the colon in the right side of the abdomen
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| atrium | show 🗑
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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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| bilateral | show 🗑
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| bronchiole | show 🗑
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| show | one of the two branches of the trachea
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| brachial | show 🗑
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| buccal cavity | show 🗑
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| show | cup shaped division of the renal pelvis
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| capillary | show 🗑
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| carpal | show 🗑
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| caudal | show 🗑
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| show | blind pouch; the pouch at the proximal end of the large intestine
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| celiac | show 🗑
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| cervix | show 🗑
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| concha | show 🗑
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| show | a rounded projection; example, condyles of the femure
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| show | outer part of an internal organ; for exapm;e, of the cerebrum and kidney
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| costal | show 🗑
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| show | a ridge; example, the iliac crest; a less prominent ridge is called a line; example, ileopectineal line
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| show | pertaining to the forearm
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| cutanieous | show 🗑
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| deferens | show 🗑
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| show | the section of the solon which turns downward at the splenic flexure and descends on the left side of the abdomen
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| distal | show 🗑
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| diverticulum | show 🗑
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| show | posterior, pertaining to the back. ; opposite of ventral
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| duodenum | show 🗑
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| show | ends of a long bone
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| endocrine | show 🗑
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| exocrine | show 🗑
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| external | show 🗑
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| show | sheet of connective tissue
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| fissure | show 🗑
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| show | a hole, small opening; example, foramen magnum of the occipital bone
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| show | a hollow or depression; example, mandibular fossa of the temporal bone that serves as the socket for the lower jawbone
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| show | cavity or hollow
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| show | the two rounded prominences, one on each side of the trontal bone, located where the forehead turns backward to become the anterior portion of the crown of the head
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| frontal sinuses | show 🗑
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| show | base of a hollow organ, for example, the part farthest from its outlet
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| gall bladder | show 🗑
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| gastric | show 🗑
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| genitalia | show 🗑
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| gland | show 🗑
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| show | of the tongue
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| head | show 🗑
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| show | pertaining to the liver
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| show | depresion where vessels enter an organ
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| hyoid | show 🗑
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| ileum | show 🗑
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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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| internal | show 🗑
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| interstitial | show 🗑
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| joints | show 🗑
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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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| labia | show 🗑
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| show | pertaining to tears
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| larynx | show 🗑
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| show | space or cavity; for example, lacunae in bone contain bone cells
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| lateral | show 🗑
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| show | the largest gland in the body; secretes bile an s is of great importance in protien and carb metabolism
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| show | passageway or space within a tubular structure
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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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| medial | show 🗑
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| show | middle sextiomn of the thorax, that is, between the two lungs
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| show | latin for marrow; hence the inner protion of an organ in contrast to the outer protions or cortex
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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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| mesial | show 🗑
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| show | the study of the shape and structure of living organisms
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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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| show | the study of the nervous system
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| show | pertaining to the nape of the neck
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| show | back of the head
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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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| orifice | show 🗑
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| show | small bones; specifically one of the bones of the tympanum or drum of the ear
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| palate | show 🗑
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| palpebrae | show 🗑
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| pancreas | show 🗑
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| parietal | show 🗑
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| parotid | show 🗑
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| pectineal | show 🗑
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| pectoral | show 🗑
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| show | pertaining to an ouside suface
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| phalanges | show 🗑
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| pharynx | show 🗑
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| show | pertaining to the diaphhragm
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| show | liquid part of the blood
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| poplitieal | show 🗑
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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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| prostate gland | show 🗑
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| show | an outgrowth, a swelling, a knob
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| proximal | show 🗑
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| pyloric sphincter | show 🗑
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| ramus | show 🗑
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| renal | show 🗑
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| respiratory system | show 🗑
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| rugae | show 🗑
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| sagittal | show 🗑
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| show | the three pairs of glands furnishing the salivea, the parotid, sublingual, and submaxillary
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| show | from Greek for hard
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| show | shaped like a sesame seed; an inconstant number of small, flat, round bones found in various tendons in which considerable pressure develops, of these, only the patellas are usually counted in the 206 ones of the body
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| sigmoid colon | show 🗑
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| sinus | show 🗑
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| sphincter | show 🗑
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| show | sharp projection
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| show | vixceral
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| superior | show 🗑
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| supernate | show 🗑
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| show | arched ridge just below the eyebrow
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| show | greek for growing together
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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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| transverse | show 🗑
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| transverse colon | show 🗑
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| trachea | show 🗑
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| show | a very large projection
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| tubercle | show 🗑
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| show | large, rounded projection
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| tunica adventitia (externa) | show 🗑
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| show | the inner, serous coat of an artery
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| tunica media | show 🗑
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| show | one of the outer layers of a part, especially of hallow organ or blood vessel
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| show | the tubes leading from the kidney to the urinary bladder
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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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| valve | show 🗑
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| vas | show 🗑
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| show | wide, of great size
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| veins | show 🗑
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| ventral | show 🗑
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| vermiform appendix | show 🗑
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| vascular | show 🗑
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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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