3rd Declension Vocabulary: Imparisyllabics (n)

Question 1

Abdomen, inis, n.

Answer 1

Abdomen, belly

Question 2

Foramen, inis, n.

Answer 2

Opening, hole

Question 3

Inguen, inis, n.

Answer 3

Groin, inguinal region

Question 4

Hymen, enis, n.

Answer 4

Hymen (Greek god of marriage ceremony)

Question 5

Corpus, oris, n.

Answer 5

Body, a small body (structure) in brain tissue

Question 6

Pectus, oris, n.

Answer 6

Chest

Question 7

Tempus, oris, n.

Answer 7

1. Temple

2. Time

Question 8

Femur, oris, n.

Answer 8

Femur, thigh bone

Question 9

Glomus, eris, n.

Answer 9

A small body of the carotid artery (glomus caroticum, literally ‘ball of yarn’)

Question 10

Latus, eris, n.

Answer 10

Side

Question 11

Lateris dextri (l. dx.)

Answer 11

Of the right side

Question 12

Lateris sinistri (l. sin.)

Answer 12

Of the left side

Question 13

Lateris utriusque (l. utr.)

Answer 13

Of both sides

Question 14

Tuber, eris, n.

Answer 14

Tuberosity, swelling (round-shaped)

Question 15

Crus, cruris, n.

Answer 15

1. Shin, leg

2. A leg-like structure (typically making a part of an organ)

Question 16

Cor, cordis, n.

Answer 16

Heart

Question 17

Caput, pitis, n.

Answer 17

Head

Question 18

Occiput, itis, n.

Answer 18

Back of the head/skull

Question 19

Hepar, partis, n.

Answer 19

Liver

Question 20

Os, oris, n.

Answer 20

Mouth

Question 21

Os, ossis, n.

Answer 21

Bone

Question 22

Os ilium

Answer 22

Ilium

bone of groins, the codified gen. sg. form ossis ilii is grammatically incorrect

Question 23

Vas, vasis, n.

Answer 23

Blood vessel

Question 24

Vasa vasorum

Answer 24

‘The vessel of the vessels’, small blood vessels supplying the walls of large vessels

Question 25

Diaphragma, atis, n.

Answer 25

1. Thoracic diaphragm (‘partition’)

2. Other muscular partition in human body

Question 26

Chiasma, atis, n.

Answer 26

Chiasm/a (‘crossing’; it is shaped like a greek letter, chi: X)

Question 27

Platysma, atis, n.

Answer 27

Platysma, a broad superficial muscle of neck

Question 28

Systema, atis, n.

Answer 28

System