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29 Cards in this Set
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aperture |
an opening or orifice |
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canal (alimentary) |
the musculomembranous digestive tube extending from the mouth to the anus |
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canal (vaginal) |
the canal in the female from the vulva to the cervix uteri that receives the penis in copulation |
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cavity |
a hollow place or space, or a potential space, within the body or one of its organs |
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constriction |
making something narrow; to contract; to close (an opening) |
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dilatation, dilation |
stretched beyond normal dimensions; the widening of something, expansion, opening |
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foramen |
a natural opening or passage, especially one into or through a bone |
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hiatus |
a gap, cleft, or opening |
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introitus |
opening or entrance to a canal or cavity such as the vagina |
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lumen |
opening within a hollow tub or organ |
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meatus |
urinary passage or opening |
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orifice |
any orifice, such as the anal orifice |
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os |
mouth opening, os uteri: mouth of the uterus, or cervix
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patent |
adjective, meaning open or not plugged, as in the "the tube is patent" |
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perforation |
a hole in something, e.g. perforation of the stomach wall by a gastric ulcer
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stoma |
artificial opening established by colostomy, ileostomy, or tracheostomy |
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ventricle |
a small cavity or chamber, as in the brain or heart |
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singular: a bursa vertebra |
plural: ae bursae vertebrae
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singular: ax thorax |
plural: aces thoraces |
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singular: en lumen foramen |
plural: ina lumina foramina |
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singular: is crisis diagnosis femoris |
plural: es or a crises diagnoses femora |
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singular: ix appendix |
plural: ices appendices |
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singular: inx meninx |
plural: inges meninges
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singular: nx phalanx |
plural: ges phalanges |
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singular: on spermatozoon |
plural: a spermatozoa |
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singular: um diverticulum ovum |
plural: a diverticula ova |
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singular: us nucleus thrombus |
plural: i nuclei thrombi
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singular: ur femur |
plural: ora femora |
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singular: y artery ovary |
plural: ies arteries ovaries |
