Lab #1: Language Of Anatomy

Front 1

Umbilicus

Back 1

A depression in the middle of the abdomen that marks the point of former attachment of the umbilical cord to the embryo

Front 2

A-

Back 2

Absence or lack

Front 3

An-

Back 3

Absence or lack

Front 4

Ab-

Back 4

Departing from, away from

Front 5

Ad-

Back 5

To or toward

Front 6

Aero-

Back 6

Air

Front 7

Af-

Back 7

Toward

Front 8

Agon-

Back 8

Contest

Front 9

Ala-

Back 9

Wing

Front 10

Amphi-

Back 10

On both sides

Front 11

Anti-

Back 11

Opposed to, preventing, inhibiting

Front 12

Ante-

Back 12

Preceding, before

Front 13

Ap-

Back 13

Tip, extremity

Front 14

Aqua-

Back 14

Water

Front 15

Areola-

Back 15

Open space

Front 16

Arthr-

Back 16

Joint

Front 17

Auto-

Back 17

Self

Front 18

Baro-

Back 18

Pressure

Front 19

Basal-

Back 19

Base

Front 20

Bi-

Back 20

Two

Front 21

Bili-

Back 21

Bile

Front 22

Bio-

Back 22

Life

Front 23

Blast-

Back 23

Bud or germ

Front 24

Brev-

Back 24

Short

Front 25

Cardi-

Back 25

Heart

Front 26

Cele-

Back 26

Abdominal

Front 27

Circum-

Back 27

Around

Front 28

Chondr-

Back 28

Cartilage

Front 29

Cleido-

Back 29

Clavicle

Front 30

Cnemo-

Back 30

Lower leg

Front 31

Contra-

Back 31

Against

Front 32

Corn-

Back 32

Horn

Front 33

Cort-

Back 33

Bark, outer layer

Front 34

Cost-

Back 34

Rib

Front 35

Cyt-

Back 35

Cell

Front 36

De-

Back 36

Undoing, reversal, loss of, removal

Front 37

Den-

Back 37

Tooth

Front 38

Di-

Back 38

Twice, double

Front 39

Duc-

Back 39

Lead, draw

Hint 39

Duct

Front 40

Dura-

Back 40

Hard

Front 41

Dys-

Back 41

Difficult, faulty, painful

Front 42

Edem-

Back 42

Swelling

Front 43

Ef-

Back 43

Away

Front 44

Endo-

Back 44

Within, inner

Front 45

Entero-

Back 45

Intestine

Front 46

Epi-

Back 46

Over, above

Front 47

Eso-

Back 47

Within

Front 48

Exo-

Back 48

Outside

Front 49

Extra-

Back 49

Outside

Front 50

Foram-

Back 50

Opening

Front 51

Foss-

Back 51

Ditch

Front 52

Gangli-

Back 52

Swelling, knot

Front 53

Hema-

Back 53

Blood

Front 54

Hemato-

Back 54

Blood

Front 55

Hemo-

Back 55

Blood

Front 56

Hemi-

Back 56

Half

Front 57

Hetero-

Back 57

Different or other

Front 58

Histo-

Back 58

Tissue

Hint 58

Histology

Front 59

Holo-

Back 59

Whole

Front 60

Homo-

Back 60

Same

Front 61

Humor-

Back 61

A fluid

Front 62

Hyal-

Back 62

Glass

Front 63

Hydro-

Back 63

Water

Front 64

Hyper-

Back 64

Excess

Front 65

Hypo-

Back 65

Below, deficient

Front 66

Ile-

Back 66

Intestine

Front 67

Inter-

Back 67

Between

Front 68

Intra-

Back 68

Within, inside

Front 69

Iso-

Back 69

Equal, same

Hint 69

Isometric

Front 70

Juxta-

Back 70

Near, close to

Front 71

Karyo-

Back 71

Kernel, nucleus

Front 72

Kilo-

Back 72

Thousand

Front 73

Later-

Back 73

Side

Front 74

Leva-

Back 74

Raise, elevate

Front 75

Lip-

Back 75

Lipid, fat

Front 76

Macro-

Back 76

Large

Front 77

Mal-

Back 77

Bad

Front 78

Meat-

Back 78

Passage

Front 79

Meio-

Back 79

Less

Front 80

Mero-

Back 80

A part

Front 81

Meso-

Back 81

Middle

Front 82

Micro-

Back 82

Small

Front 83

Multi-

Back 83

Many

Front 84

Myo-

Back 84

Muscle

Front 85

Natri-

Back 85

Sodium

Front 86

Neo-

Back 86

New

Front 87

Osteo-

Back 87

Bone

Front 88

Pan-

Back 88

All, universal

Front 89

Para-

Back 89

Beside, near

Front 90

Peri-

Back 90

Around

Front 91

Phago-

Back 91

Eat

Front 92

Phobo-

Back 92

Fear

Front 93

Pino-

Back 93

Drink

Front 94

Pneumo-

Back 94

Air, wind

Front 95

Pod-

Back 95

Foot

Front 96

Pseudo-

Back 96

False

Front 97

Pulmo-

Back 97

Lung

Front 98

Rami-

Back 98

Branch

Front 99

Rect-

Back 99

Straight

Front 100

Retro-

Back 100

Backward, behind

Front 101

Sanguin-

Back 101

Blood

Front 102

Sarco-

Back 102

Flesh

Front 103

Semi-

Back 103

Half

Front 104

Sino-

Back 104

A hollow or cavity

Hint 104

Sinus

Front 105

Squam-

Back 105

Scale, flat

Front 106

Strat-

Back 106

Layer

Front 107

Sub-

Back 107

Beneath, under

Front 108

Supra-

Back 108

Above, upon

Front 109

Sym-

Back 109

Together, with

Front 110

Tempo-

Back 110

Time

Front 111

Trans-

Back 111

Across, through

Front 112

Tuber-

Back 112

Swelling

Front 113

Viscero-

Back 113

Organ

Front 114

Vivi-

Back 114

Living, alive

Hint 114

Vivid

Front 115

-ac

Back 115

Referring to

Front 116

-algia

Back 116

Pain in a certain part

Front 117

-cide

Back 117

Destroy or kill

Front 118

-clast

Back 118

Break

Front 119

-crine

Back 119

Seperate

Front 120

-dips

Back 120

Thirst, dry

Front 121

-ectomy

Back 121

Cutting out, surgical removal of

Front 122

-ferent

Back 122

Carry

Front 123

-ia

Back 123

Condition

Front 124

-ic

Back 124

Pertaining to

Front 125

-ism

Back 125

Condition

Front 126

-issimus

Back 126

The most

Front 127

-itis

Back 127

Inflammation

Front 128

-lysis

Back 128

Loosening, breaking down

Front 129

-malacia

Back 129

Soft

Front 130

-oma

Back 130

Tumor

Front 131

-phasia

Back 131

Speech

Front 132

-phil

Back 132

Like, love

Front 133

-plasty

Back 133

Reconstruction of a part

Front 134

-stasis

Back 134

Arrest, fixation

Front 135

-stomy

Back 135

Establishment of an artificial opening

Front 136

-tomy

Back 136

To cut

Front 137

-uria

Back 137

Urine

Front 138

Nuchal

Back 138

The nape, dorsal region of the neck

Front 139

Crural

Back 139

Pertaining to the lower leg

Front 140

Anatomy

Back 140

The study of the structure of the body's parts and their physical relationship to one another

Front 141

Physiology

Back 141

The study of the function of the body's parts and how the parts interact with each other.

Front 142

Ventral

Back 142

Pertaining to the front of or anterior

Front 143

Dorsal

Back 143

Pertaining to the back of or posterior

Front 144

Proximal

Back 144

Toward the attached end of a limb or the origin of a structure

Front 145

Distal

Back 145

Away from an attached limb or the origin of a structure.

Front 146

Coronal (frontal)

Back 146

Plane that splits the body into anterior and posterior portions

Front 147

Parasagittal

Back 147

Situated alongside of or adjacent to a sagittal location or sagittal plane

Front 148

Abdominal

Back 148

Area of the body between the thorax and the pelvis with the exception of the back

Front 149

Acromial

Back 149

The area that forms the outer angle of the shoulder.

Front 150

Antebrachial

Back 150

Relating to the part of the arm or forelimb between the brachium and the carpus: forearm

Front 151

Axillary

Back 151

The area beneath the arm: armpit

Front 152

Brachial

Back 152

Relating to the arm

Front 153

Buccal

Back 153

The cheek

Front 154

Carpal

Back 154

The joint between the hand and forearm

Front 155

Cervical

Back 155

The area between the head and body: the neck especially the back side

Front 156

Coxal

Back 156

The hip bone area

Front 157

Cranial

Back 157

Of or relating to the skull (brain case)

Front 158

Cubital

Back 158

The area where the humerus joins the ulna to form a point on the arm

Front 159

Digital

Back 159

Of or relating to the fingers or toes

Front 160

Facial

Back 160

The area on the human head that includes the chin, mouth, nose, cheeks, eyes, and usually the forehead

Front 161

Femoral

Back 161

Area between the hip and the knee: the thigh

Front 162

Frontal

Back 162

The part of the face above the eyes

Front 163

Gluteal

Back 163

The area to the back of the hip that forms the fleshy part on which a person sits

Front 164

Interscapular

Back 164

The region between the shoulder blades

Front 165

Lumbar

Back 165

Area on the posterior of the abdominal trunk between the thoracic vertebrae and the sacrum.

Front 166

Mammary

Back 166

The area consisting of the large specialized sebaceous glands that in females secretes milk

Front 167

Manus

Back 167

The hand

Front 168

Mental

Back 168

The chin

Front 169

Nasal

Back 169

The nose

Front 170

Occipital

Back 170

The dorsal part of the skull

Front 171

Olecranal

Back 171

The bony prominence of the elbow

Front 172

Oral

Back 172

The inside of the mouth

Front 173

Orbital

Back 173

The area that includes and surrounds the eye

Front 174

Otic

Back 174

The area around the external ear

Front 175

Palmar

Back 175

The palm of the hand.

Front 176

Patellar

Back 176

The largest sesmoid bone that is located on the anterior of the joint of the femur and tibia

Front 177

Pectoral

Back 177

The chest or front of the thorax

Front 178

Perineal

Back 178

The area between the genitals and the anus

Front 179

Peroneal

Back 179

The area located laterally to the tibia that includes the fibula

Front 180

Plantar

Back 180

The area on the bottom of the foot

Front 181

Sacral

Back 181

The area where the spinal vertebrae connect to the anterior of the pelvis

Front 182

Scapular

Back 182

The area around the shoulder blades

Front 183

Sural

Back 183

The posterior of the lower leg: the calf

Front 184

Tarsal

Back 184

The heel of the foot

Front 185

Temporal

Back 185

Of or relating to the sides of the skull

Front 186

Thoracic

Back 186

The area between the neck and the abdomen.

Front 187

Umbilical

Back 187

Area in the middle of the abdomen that marks the site of former attachment of the umbilical cord to the embryo

Front 188

Adeno-

Back 188

Gland

Hint 188

Adenohypophysis

Front 189

Acro-

Back 189

Extremity

Hint 189

Acromial, acromegaly

Front 190

Ag-

Back 190

To, towards

Hint 190

Aggression

Front 191

Allo-

Back 191

Other

Hint 191

Allele

Front 192

Brachi-

Back 192

Arm

Hint 192

Biceps brachii

Front 193

Chrono-

Back 193

Time

Hint 193

The Greek God Chronos

Front 194

Circ-

Back 194

Ring

Hint 194

Circle, circus

Front 195

Crista-

Back 195

Crest

Hint 195

Crista Galli

Front 196

Fenestr-

Back 196

Window

Hint 196

Fenestra

Front 197

Fili-

Back 197

Thread or thread-like

Hint 197

Filiment

Front 198

Hem-

Back 198

Blood

Hint 198

Hematopoiesis

Front 199

Meta-

Back 199

After, beyond, beside, among, with, adjacent, self

Hint 199

Metaphysics

Front 200

Oo-

Back 200

Egg or ovum

Hint 200

Oocyte

Front 201

Ovo-

Back 201

Egg

Hint 201

Ovum

Front 202

Pterygo-

Back 202

Wing shaped, wing-like

Hint 202

Pterygoid Process

Front 203

Sulc-

Back 203

Groove or furrow

Hint 203

Mentolabial sulcus

Front 204

-ary

Back 204

Connected with, pertaining to

Hint 204

Mammary, dietary

Front 205

-ase

Back 205

Denoting enzyme

Hint 205

Lipase, acetylcholinesterase

Front 206

-elle

Back 206

Small

Hint 206

Organelle

Front 207

-emia

Back 207

Blood

Hint 207

Anemia

Front 208

-in

Back 208

Biochemical substance

Hint 208

Hemoglobin, aspirin, lecithin, insulin, streptomycin

Front 209

-ite

Back 209

an essential portion of the part to the name of which it is attached

Hint 209

Metabolite, dendrite

Front 210

-penia

Back 210

Deficiency, poverty, lack of

Hint 210

Thrombocytopenia

Front 211

Cephalic (cranial)

Back 211

Towards the head or head end of the body

Hint 211

Syn. - Superior

Front 212

Caudal

Back 212

Towards the tail or away from the head

Hint 212

Syn. - inferior

Front 213

Medial

Back 213

Towards the midline

Front 214

Lateral

Back 214

Away from the midline

Front 215

Superior

Back 215

Above or upward

Front 216

Inferior

Back 216

Below or downward

Front 217

Central

Back 217

Situated at the center of

Front 218

Peripheral

Back 218

Located towards the outer boundary of something

Hint 218

Opposite of central

Front 219

Anterior

Back 219

Towards the front

Hint 219

Opposite of posterior

Front 220

Posterior

Back 220

Towards the back, back side

Hint 220

Opposite of anterior

Front 221

Superficial

Back 221

Shallow, towards the surface

Hint 221

Opposite of deep

Front 222

Deep

Back 222

Away from the surface, beneath the surface of a point of reference

Hint 222

Opposite of superficial

Front 223

Sagittal

Back 223

A dividing line on or parallel to the midline that divides the body into left and right portions

Front 224

Midsagittal

Back 224

A dividing line directly on the midline that divides the body into left and right portions

Front 225

Transverse

Back 225

A plane of reference that runs horizontally and divides the body into superior and inferior portions

Front 226

Inguinal

Back 226

The area around the groin, or crease between the torso and thigh sometimes containing the genitals

Front 227

Vertebral

Back 227

Around or relating to the vertebrae of the spinal column

Front 228

Nares

Back 228

Nostrils, external opening of the nose

Front 229

Maxilla

Back 229

The bones that form the upper jaw, upper jaw

Front 230

Mandible

Back 230

The lower jaw

Front 231

Conjunctiva

Back 231

The mucous membrane lining the anterior surface of the eyeball and the posterior surface of the lids.

Front 232

Bregmatic Arch (Superciliary Ridge)

Back 232

The ridge that is superior to the eye sockets sometimes referred to as the brow line.

Front 233

Root of nose

Back 233

The top of the nose where it meets and makes an angle with the base of the forehead between the eyes.

Front 234

Bridge of nose

Back 234

The upper part of the ridge of the nose formed by the nasal bones. Typically where glasses rest on the nose.

Front 235

Apex of the nose

Back 235

The tip of the nose

Front 236

Ala nasi

Back 236

the outer flaring cartilaginous wall of the outer side of each nostril

Front 237

Mentum

Back 237

The chin, the lower point of the jaw

Front 238

Mentolabial sulcus

Back 238

the indistinct line separating the lower lip from the chin

Front 239

Labia

Back 239

The lips

Front 240

Philtrum

Back 240

the vertical groove in the median portion of the upper lip

Front 241

Vermilion

Back 241

The pinkish-red outer portion of the lips

Front 242

Uvula

Back 242

The hanging fleshy mass located on the back of the palate

Front 243

Tonsils

Back 243

Oval-shaped masses of glandular tissue located on both sides at the back of the throat. Tonsils act like filters to trap bacteria and viruses.

Front 244

Auricle/pinna

Back 244

The fleshy, outer portion of the ear

Front 245

Supraclavicular fossa

Back 245

The depression that can be felt below the skin at the base of the neck behind the clavicle

Front 246

Sternal notch

Back 246

the large notch in the superior margin of the sternum

Front 247

Sternum

Back 247

a plate of bone forming the middle of the anterior wall of the thorax, the breast bone

Front 248

Scapula

Back 248

The shoulder blade, the flat triangular bone in the back of the shoulder.

Front 249

Antecubital fossa

Back 249

a depression at the anterior bend of the elbow

Front 250

Cubitus

Back 250

The elbow, or point where the upper arm and forearm articulate and form a point

Front 251

Dorsum

Back 251

The posterior of the hand

Front 252

Palm

Back 252

The anterior of the hand located between the digits and wrist

Front 253

Pollex

Back 253

The thumb or first digit

Front 254

Thenar eminence

Back 254

the fleshy mass on the lateral side of the palm; the radial palm; the ball of the thumb.

Front 255

Hypothenar eminence

Back 255

the fleshy mass at the medial side of the palm.

Front 256

Hallux

Back 256

The big toe or great toe, the largest and first digit of the foot

Front 257

Patella

Back 257

The large sesamoid bone, in the combined tendon of the quadriceps femoris, covering the anterior surface of the knee. Also called the knee cap

Front 258

Popliteal fossa

Back 258

the hollow at the posterior part of the knee

Front 259

Tibial tuberosity

Back 259

The protuberance at the anterior proximal tibia on which the patellar tendon inserts

Front 260

Medial malleolus

Back 260

the rounded process of the tibia forming the internal surface of the ankle joint

Front 261

Lateral malleolus

Back 261

the process at the lateral side of the lower end of the fibula, forming the projection of the lateral part of the ankle

Front 262

Arches of the foot

Back 262

the bony curves of the instep, including the longitudinal (anteroposterior) and the transverse arches

Hint 262

Front 263

Calcaneus

Back 263

the heel bone, the largest of the tarsal bones on the posterior of the foot

Front 264

Right upper quadrant

Back 264

right lobe of liver, gallbladder, part of transverse colon(large intestine),right kidney, and part of the small intestines

Front 265

Left upper quadrant

Back 265

left lobe of liver, stomach, small intestine, transverse colon (large intestine), pancreas, left kidney, and spleen

Front 266

Right lower quadrant

Back 266

Large intestine, small intestine, appendix, bladder, right ureter, right spermatic duct in the male, right ovary and right tube, and uterus if enlarged in the female

Front 267

Left lower quadrant

Back 267

small intestine, left ureter, large intestine, bladder, left spermatic duct in the male; left ovary and left tube, and uterus if enlarged, in the female