2nd Declension Vocabulary Flashcards
Acromion, i, n.
Acromion
Part of scapula
Angulus, i, m.
Angle
Annus, i, m.
Year
Bacillus, i, m.
A rod-shaped microorganism
Carpus, i, m.
Wrist
Cavum, i, n.
Cave, cavity
Cerebellum, i, n.
Cerebellum
Literally “small brain”; the part of the brain at the back of the skull in vertebrates.
Cerebrum, i, n.
Brain
Circulus, i, m.
Circle
Collum, i, n.
Neck
Colon, i, n.
Large intestine/bowel
Condylus, i, m.
Protuberance on a joint (condyle)
Cranium, i, n.
Skull
Cubitus, i, m.
Elbow
Digitus, i, m.
Finger
Dorsum, i, n.
The back
Ductulus, i, m.
Small duct (tube, channel, tunel)
Fundus, i, m.
Bottom, base of an organ
Ganglion, i, n.
Ganglion
A centre in nerve system
Grammum, i, n.
Gram
Humerus, i, m.
Humerus
Upper arm bone
Intestinum, i, n.
Intestine
Isthmus, i, m.
A narrow organ, passage, or piece of tissue connecting two larger parts
Jejunum, i, n.
Jejunum, literally “fasting gut” because usually found empty after death; the part of the small intestine between the duodenum and ileum
Labium, i, n.
Lip
Ligamentum, i, n.
Ligament
Litrum, i, n.
Litre
Lobus, i, m.
Lobe
Magister, tri, m.
Teacher
Manubrium, i, n.
Manubrium
Literally “handle”; part of breast bone
Miligrammum, i, n.
Milligram
Morbilli, orum, m.
Only exists in plural form
Measles
Only exists in plural form
Morbus, i, m.
Illness, disease
Musculus, i, m.
Muscle
Nasus, i, m.
Nose
Nervus, i, m.
Nerve
Oculus, i, m.
Eye
Oesophagus, i, m.
Oesophagus
Part of the alimentary canal that connects the throat to the stomach; the gullet
Olecranon, i, n.
Olecranon
Bony elbow protuberance
Organum, i, n.
Organ
Orificium, i, n.
Orifice, entrance, opening
Ostium, i, n.
Orifice, entrance, opening
Ovarium, i, n.
Ovary
Pericardium, i, n.
Pericardium (double-walled sac that contains the heart and the roots of the great vessels)
Radius, i, m.
Radius; the thicker and shorter if the two bones in the forearm
Ramus, i, m.
Branch, bough
Rectum, i, n.
Final section of large intestine
Septum, i, n.
Septum
Thin partition, divider, barrier
Spatium, i, n.
Space
Sternum, i, n.
Sternum
Breast bone
Sulcus, i, m.
A groove or furrow, esp. one on the surface of the brain
Thymus, i, m.
Thymus- a lymphoid organ situated in the neck of vertebrates that produces T-cells for the immune system
Tuberculum, i, n.
Small swelling, bump, protuberance, excrescence, tumour
Uterus, i, m.
Womb
Ventriculus, i, m.
Ventricle
Literally “small belly”; is n medical terminology a hollow part or cavity in an organ esp. brain or heart
Vestibulum, i, n.
Vestibule
Literally “entrance hall”; in medical terminology central part of osseous labyrinth
Vir, viri, m.
Man
Vitrum, i, n.
Glass
