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45 Cards in this Set
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Aditus
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"entrance"
-a passage for opening; compares to foramen Latin |
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Adnexa
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"bound to"
-refers to those structures adjunctive to an organ Latin |
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Ampulla
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"full" + "vase"
-a flask-like expansion or sac, a component part of a larger tube Latin |
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Anulus
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"little ring"
- a band or enveloping tissue Latin |
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Antrum
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"cave"
-the cavity of a hollow organ or sinus Latin |
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Arcuate
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"arch-shaped"
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Brevis
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"short"
-always used as a comparison to "Longus" Latin |
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Caput
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"head"
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Cauda
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"tail"
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Cervix
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"neck"
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Collateral
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"together" + "side"
-referring to a secondary or accessory structure, not the main one Latin |
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Coronary
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"pertaining to wreath"
-anything that encircles another structure Latin |
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Corpus
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"body"
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Crista
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"crest"
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Cruciate
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"pertaining to a cross"
Latin |
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Crus
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"leg"
-referring to any structure having a process resembling this portion of the lower limb Latin |
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Fornix
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"cellar" or "vault"
Latin |
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Gastro-
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"stomach"
Greek |
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Genu
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"knee" or "bend"
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Helix
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"coil"
Greek |
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Hiatus
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"gap"
Latin |
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Hilum
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"attachment of a seed"
-referring to the point of entry for blood vessels into an organ Latin |
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Hypo-
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"under"
Greek |
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Hypothenar
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"under the fleshy ball of the thumb"
-ie. the ball of the little finger Greek |
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Longus
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"long"
-the superlative form in "longissimus" the "longest" Latin |
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Magnus
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"great"
Latin |
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Meatus
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"passage"
Latin |
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Papilla
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"nipple"
Latin |
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Para-
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"beside"
Greek |
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Peri-
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"surrounding"
Greek |
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Petro-
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"rocky"
Latin |
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Phren-
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"diaphram"
Greek |
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Rectus
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"straight"
Latin |
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Retro-
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"behind"
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Sulcus
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"groove"
Latin |
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Supra-
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"above"
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Syn-
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"together"
Greek |
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Teres
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"round" (ie. "cylindrical") also, "smooth"
Latin |
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Thenar
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"hand"
-especially the fleshy ball of the thumb; compare with "hypothenar" Greek |
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Trochlea
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"pulley"
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Truncus
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"stem" or "trunk"
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Tunica
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"covering" or "coat"
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Vario
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"dialation of a vein"
Latin |
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Vas
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"vessel" or "dish"
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Vermis
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"worm"
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