Anatomy

Question 1

abductor

Answer 1

ab = away from, and ducere = to lead. These muscles are named for their function, and the abducens nerve similarly is named because it turns the eyeball outward.

Question 2

ab

Answer 2

away from

ex. abductor (ducere = to lead)

Question 3

ducere

Answer 3

to lead

ex. abductor (ab = away from,)

Question 4

accessory

Answer 4

accedere = to be added to; from ad = to, and cedere = to come. The accessory nerve is functionally accessory to the vagus

Question 5

accedere

Answer 5

to be added to;

ex. accessory (ad = to) (cedere = to come.)

Question 6

cedere

Answer 6

to come

ex. accessory

Question 7

acetabulum

Answer 7

acetum = vinegar, and -bulum, a suffix signifying the instrument. This cup-shaped part of the hip was thought to resemble a small vinegar cruet of roman times.

Question 8

acetum

Answer 8

vinegar

ex. acetabulum, acetylcholine

Question 9

acetylcholine

Answer 9

acetum = vinegar, and Gr. chole = bile. From acetum came acetic and acetyl; from chole came choline. It is the acetyl derivative of choline

Question 10

achondroplasia

Answer 10

a = not, chondros = cartilage, plasis = a molding, and -ia = condition. In other words, a failure of normal development of cartilage.

Question 11

acinus

Answer 11

acinus = grape.

Question 12

acromegaly

Answer 12

akron = tip or extremity, and megas = large.

Question 13

acromion

Answer 13

akron = tip or summit, and omos = shoulder. The word akron gives the combing forms acra- or acro-.The famous Acroplois in Athens was built on a summit.

Question 14

akron

Answer 14

tip or summit,

ex, acromion

Question 15

omos

Answer 15

shoulder

ex. acromion

Question 16

adductor

Answer 16

ad = to, and ducere = to lead. The muscles so named draw the part toward the medial line.

Question 17

ad

Answer 17

to

ex. adductor

Question 18

eidos

Answer 18

eidos = resemblance.

ex. adenoid

Question 19

adrenal

Answer 19

adrenal L. ad = to, and renal from ren = kidney. The adrenal gland lies above the kidney and is sometimes called the suprarenal.

Question 20

ren

Answer 20

ren = kidney

ex. adrenal

Question 21

adventitia

Answer 21

adventitius = coming from abroad; from ad = to, and venire = to come.
the outermost layer, composed of connective tissue with elastic and collagenous fibers, of an artery or another structure.

Question 22

venire

Answer 22

venire = to come.

ex. adventitia

Question 23

afferent

Answer 23

ad (af-) = to, and ferre = to carry. Used for a variety of structures carrying material or impulses to a center or to an organ.

Question 24

albicans

Answer 24

albicare = to be white.
ex. Candida albicans = common budding yeast; a microscopic fungal organism normally present in the mucous membranes of the mouth, intestinal tract, and vagina of healthy people.

Question 25

allantois

Answer 25

allas = a sausage, and eidos = resemblance.

The fetal membrane lying below the chorion in many vertebrates, formed as an outgrowth of the embryo’s gut.

Question 26

allas

Answer 26

a sausage
ex. allantois = The fetal membrane lying below the chorion in many vertebrates, formed as an outgrowth of the embryo’s gut.

Question 27

blastos

Answer 27

germ.

ex. blastocyst (kystis “bladder, pouch.”)

Question 28

kystis

Answer 28

“bladder, pouch.”

ex. blastocyst (blastos = germ)

Question 29

ampulla

Answer 29

a jug. Perhaps an onomatopoetic word whose sound suggests the object; in this case, fluid flowing from the jug. Applied in anatomy to a number or structures supposedly resembling a jug

Question 30

amygdala

Answer 30

an almond. Applied to the tonsil, because of a similarity in shape.

Question 31

anastomosis

Answer 31

ana = up, and stoma = mouth; hence an opening up.
A connection made surgically between adjacent blood vessels or parts of the intestine, or the operation in which this is constructed.

Question 32

stoma

Answer 32

mouth
ex. anastomosis = A connection made surgically between adjacent blood vessels or parts of the intestine, or the operation in which this is constructed.

Question 33

anencephaly

Answer 33

a(an-) = not, and enkephalon = brain. One of the many congenital defects.
a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres

Question 34

aneurysm

Answer 34

aneurysma = a widening; from, ana = across and eurys = broad.

Question 35

ana

Answer 35

across

ex. aneurysm (eurys = broad)

Question 36

eurys

Answer 36

broad

ex. aneurysm (ana = across)