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BIOS 3753 Anatomy Terminology

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a-

without

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ab-

away

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-ac

pertaining to

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ad-

to, toward

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aden-, adeno-

gland

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af-

toward

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-al

pertaining to

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-algia

pain

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ana-

up, back

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andro-

male

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angio-

vessel

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anti-, ant-

against

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apo-

from

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arachn-

spider

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arthro-

joint

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-asis, -asia

condition

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astro-

star

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atel-

imperfect

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baro-

pressure

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bi-

two

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blast-, -blast

precursor

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brachi-

arm

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brady-

slow

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bronch-

windpipe

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cardi-, cardio-, cardia

heart

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-centesis

puncture

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cerebro-

brain

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chole-

bile

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chondro-

cartilage

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chrom-, chromo-

color

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circum-

around

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-clast

broken

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coel-, -coel

cavity

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contra-

against

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cranio-

skull

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cribr-

sieve

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-crine

to seperate

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cyst-, -cyst

sac

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desmo-

band

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di-

twice

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dia-

through

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diure-

to urinate

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dys-

painful

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-ectasis

expansion

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ecto-

outside

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ef-

away from

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emmetro-

in proper measure

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encephalo-

brain

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end-, endo-

inside

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entero-

intestine

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epi-

on

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erythema-

flushed (skin)

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erythro-

red

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ex-

out, away from

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ferr-

iron

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-gen, -genic

to produce

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genicula-

kneelike structure

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genio-

chin

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glosso-, -glossus

tongue

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glyco-

sugar

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-gram

record

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-graph, -graphia

to write, record

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gyne-, gyno-

woman

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hem-, hemato-

blood

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hemi-

half

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hepato-

liver

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hetero-

other

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histo-

tissue

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holo-

entire

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homeo-, homo-

same

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hyal-, hyalo-

glass

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hydro-

water

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hyo-

U-shaped

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hyper-

above

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ili-, ilio-

iliac

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infra-

beneath

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inter-

between

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intra-

within

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ipsi-

itself

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iso-

equal

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-itis

inflammation

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karyo-

body

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kerato-

horn

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kino-, -kinin

to move

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lact-, lacto-, -lactin

milk

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-lemma

husk

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leuko-

white

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liga-

to bind together

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lip-, lipo-

fat

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lyso-, -lysis, -lyze

dissolution

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mal-

abnormal

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mammilla-

nipple

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mast-, masto-,

breast

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mega-

big

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mero-

part

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meso-

middle

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meta-

after

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mono-

single

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morpho-

form

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-mural

wall

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myelo-

marrow

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myo-

muscle

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natri-

sodium

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neur-, neuro-

nerve

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oculo-

eye

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oligo-

little, few

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-ology

the study of

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-oma

swelling

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onco-

mass, tumor

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-opia

eye

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-osis

state, condition

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osteon, osteo-

bone

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oto-

ear

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para-

a pair

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patho-, -path, -pathy

diease

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pedia-

child

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peri-

around

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-phasia

speech

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-phil, -philia

love

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-phobe, -phobia

fear

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-phylaxis

a guard

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-plasia

formation

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platy-

flat

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-plegia

a blow

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-plexy

to strike

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podo-

foot

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-poiesis

making

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poly-

many

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presby-

old

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pro-

before

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pterygo-

wing

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pulp-

pulp

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retro-

backward

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-rrhea

flow

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sarco-

flesh

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scler-, sclero

hard

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semi-

half

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-septic

putrid

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-sis

state, condition

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som-, -some

body

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spino-

spine, vertebral column

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-stomy

mouth

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stylo-

stake, pole

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sub-

below

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syn-

together

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tachy-

swift

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telo-

end

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therm-, thermo-

heat

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-tomy

to cut

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trans-

through

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-throphic, -throphin, -throphy

nourishing

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tropho-

nutrition

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tropo-

turning

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uro-, -uria

urine

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process

any projection or bump

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ramus

an extension of a bone making an angle with the rest of the structure

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sinus or antrum

a chamber within a bone, normally filled with air

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meatus or canal

a passageway through the substance of a bone

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fissure

a deep furrow, cleft, or slit

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foramen

a rounded passageway for blood vessels and/or nerves

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trochanter

a large, rough projection

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crest

a prominent ridge

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spine

a pointed process

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line

a low ridge

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head

the expanded articular end of an epiphysis, separated from the shaft by a neck

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neck

a narrower connection between the epiphysis and diaphysis

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sulcus

a narrow groove

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fossa

a shallow depression

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tubercle

a small, rounded projection

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tuberosity

a rough projection

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facet

a small, flat articular surface

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condyle

a smooth, rounded articular process

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trochlea

a smooth, grooved articular process shaped like a pulley

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