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Ectoderm
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(outside + skin)
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Ectopic
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(outside of + place) - something located in a place it is not supposed to be
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Enteron
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(intestine)
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Epicanthus
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(upon + the angle (corner) of the eye)
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Epidermis
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(upon + skin)
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Epigastrium
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(upon + belly) - the upper central portion of the anterior abdominal wall
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Epiglottis
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(upon + tongue)
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Epiphysis
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(upon + growth) - part of a long bone developed form a separate center of ossification
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Epoophoron
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(upon + ovary) - tubules in the mesosalpinx and near the ovary
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Fascia
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(band or bandage) - a collection of connective tissue
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Falx
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(sickle) - a sickle-like structure
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Fauces
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(passages) - the passage to the pharynx
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Fenestra
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(window)
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Filum
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(thread)
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Fimbria
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(fringe) - the frimbriated end of the salpinx (tube)
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Fontanelle
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(small fountain) - soft spot on an infant's skull
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Foramen
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(aperture or hole)
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Fornix
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(arch)
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Fossa
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(trench)
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Frenulum
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(fold) - a fold of tissue
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Fundus
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(base)
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Fovea
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(small pit)
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Fusiform
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(spindle shaped)
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Gall
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(bile)
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Ganglion
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(a knot) - a synovial joint cyst located under the skin or a collection of PNS nerve cell bodies
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Gastric
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(belly or stomach)
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Gastrocnemius
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(belly + leg) - a posterior leg muscle
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Gastroschisis
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(belly + split) - an embryonic defect of the anterior abdominal wall
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Genu
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(knee) - a bend in a structure
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Glenoid
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(shallow socket)
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Glia
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(glue) - binding cells of the CNS
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Gubernaculum
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(governor) - a cord which "governs" the descent of the testis
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Hallux
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(great toe)
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Hamate
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(hooked) - a carpal bone located on the ulnar side
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Hepa, hepar, hepat
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(liver)
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Hernia
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(rupture or protrusion) - rupture or protrusion of an organ or structure through the wall of the cavity normally containing it
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Hiatus
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(a gap)
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Hippocampus
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(sea horse) - a curved area of the brain
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Hyster
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(uterus)
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Infundibulum
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(funnel) - the distal end of the oviduct
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Intramural
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(within wall)
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Isthmus
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(a narrow passage or entrance)
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Jejunum
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(empty)
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Kyphosis
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(bent + condition)
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Labrum
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(lip)
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Labyrinth
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(a maze)
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Lacuna
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(pit or little lake)
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Lambdoidal
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(lamda shaped)
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Lamina
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(thin plate)
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Lapara
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(the soft part of the body between the ribs and hips)
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Ligament
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(that which binds or ties)
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Lien
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(spleen)
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Lithiasis
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(stone + condition or process)
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Lunate
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(moon)
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Lymph
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(transparent water) - the watery fluid found in lymphathic vessels
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Macula
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(spot)
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Malleus
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(hammer)
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Mediastinum
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(middle + to stand in)
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Medulla
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(marrow) - an inner part
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Metaplasia
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(a change + form)
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Metra
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(uterus)
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Myocardium
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(muscle + heart)
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Navicular
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(small boat) - the boat shaped scaphoid bone
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Nephros
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(kidney)
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Neuron
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the Greeks called nerves and tendons neurons
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Nucleus
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(nut)
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Omphalocele
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(navel + hernia) - an umbilical hernia due to failure of the embryonic intestine to return to the abdomen during rotation of the midgut
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Oophoron
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(egg + bearer)
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Orchis
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(testicle)
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Otos
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(ear)
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