Anatomy Vocabulary T-Z Flashcards
T lymphocyte that directly kills eukaryotic foreign cells, cancer cells, or virus-infected body cells.
T Cell (Killer T Cell, T-Lymphocyte)
Pertaining to the ankle.
Tarsal
Pertaining to the sides of the skull.
Temporal
Inferior portion of the sides and base of the cranium, inferior to the parietal bones and anterior to the occipital bone.
Temporal Bones
The concave surface of the head overlying the temporal bone.
Temporal Cavity
Muscle of mastication which helps to close the mandible (the strongest chewing muscles).
Temporalis Muscles
Band or cord of fibrous connective tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone.
Tendon
Chest.
Thorax
The smallest blood cells who are produced in the red bone marrow with the primary function to help form clots in the walls of broken blood vessels.
Thrombocytes (Platelets)
The formation or presence of an attached blood clot.
Thrombosis
Organ of the immune system that is essential for the production of T cells (T Lymphocytes); located in the anterior thorax.
Thymus
Latin for shin bone.
Tibia
Refers to the study of surface shape and form of the human body.
Topographical Anatomy (Surface Anatomy)
Crosswise, lying across the long axis of the body or of a part.
Transverse
The part of the colon that passes horizontally across the abdomen, below the love, stomach, and spleen, and is above the small intestine.
Transverse Colon
Furrows which cross the forehead; acquired facial markings.
Transverse Frontal Sulci
A tube about 11cm long that extends from the larynx in the neck to the bronchi in the thoracic cavity.
Trachea (Windpipe)
Depression between the crura of the ear; the second deepest depression of the ear.
Triangular Fossa
The heart valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle.
Tricuspid Valve
A very large projection; example: greater ____ of the femur.
Trochanter
A small, rounded projection. Example: Rib _____.
Tubercle
A large, rounded projection; example ischial _______..
Tuberosity
Consisting of tubes and alveoli, as in a ________ salivary gland.
Tubulo-Alveolar
An abnormal growth of cells, a swelling; a neoplasm; can be cancerous.
Tumor
A covering or coat; a layer of membrane tissue.
Tunica
The outer, fibroelastic coat of a blood vessel or other tubular structure comprised of connective tissue.
Tunica Adventitia (Tunica Externa)
The inner, serous coat of an artery comprised of smooth muscle.
Tunica Intima (Tunica Interna)
The middle, usually muscular, coat of an artery or other tubular structure comprised of smooth muscle.
Tunica Media
One of the outer layers of a part, especially of a hollow organ or blood.
Tunics
The universal recipient.
Type AB Blood
The universal donor.
Type O Blood
Erosion of the surface of an organ or tissue, such as a peptic _____ in the wall of the stomach or small intestine.
Ulcer
The tubes leading from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
Ureter
The tube leading from the urinary bladder to the external surface of the body.
Urethra
Pertaining to the secretion or containment of urine.
Urinary
Composed of kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra.
Urinary System
Latin for a little grape; projection hanging from the soft palate.
Uvula
Any one of various membranous structures in a hollow organ or passage that temporarily closes to permit the flow of fluid in one direction only.
Valve
Vessel or duct.
Vas
Pertaining to or composed of blood vessels.
Vascular
The blood vessels; the arteries, capillaries, and veins.
Vascular System
The second section of the spermatic duct.
Vas Deferens
These are the minute vessels that supply blood to the outer layers.
Vasa Vasorum
Narrowing of blood vessels, normally through the contraction of smooth muscle cells in the vessel walls.
Vasoconstriction
Relaxation of smooth muscle cells in the walls of blood vessels, causing the vessels to dilate.
Vasodilation
Wide, of great size.
Vastus
Vessels carrying blood to the heart. Exception: the portal ____ carries blood to the liver.
Veins
Of or near the belly; in humans, front or anterior, opposite of dorsal or posterior.
Ventral (Anterior)
Small cavity; in the heart, those chambers which pump blood away from the heart.
Ventricle
Very small veins which walls are comprised of smooth muscle and endothelia cells.
Venules
A long worm-shaped tissue which extends to the lower portion of the cecum. Its mucous lining may become inflamed, a condition known as appendicitis.
Vermiform Appendix
The spine or spinal column, formed of a number of bones called vertebrae, the discs between those vertebrae, and two composite bones (sacrum and coccyx).
Vertebral Column
The top of the head.
Vertex
Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon, balanced.
Vertical
One in which the forehead and the eyebrows project equally to a vertical line and the chin protrudes more than the superior mucous membrane.
Vertical-Concave Profile
One in which the forehead and the eyebrows project equally to a vertical line and the chin recedes less than the superior mucous membrane.
Vertical-Convex Profile
One in which the forehead, upper lip and chin project equally to an imaginary vertical line.
Vertical Profile
A small, liquid-filled sac; also refers to the urinary bladder.
Vesicle
Pertaining to the viscera (internal organs enclosed within a cavity, especially the abdominal organs).
Visceral
The state of being sticky or gummy; resistance offered by a fluid to change from or relative position of its particles due to attraction of molecules to each other.
Viscosity
The semi-fluid, transparent substance which lies between the retina and lens of the eyeball.
Vitreous Humor
Bone of the nasal cavity situated between the nasal passages on the median plane; it forms the inferior and posterior portion of the septum of the nose.
Vomer Bone
White substance of the central nervous system; contains tracts of myelinated nerve fibers.
White Matter
Sword-shaped.
Xiphoid
Yoke.
Zygoma
The processes on the temporal and zygomatic bones; determines the widest part of the face.
Zygomatic Arch
One of the lesser concavities of the face located on the lateral portion of the cheek inferior to the zygomatic arch.
Zygomatic Arch Depression
Small bones of the cheeks; widest part of the cheek.
Zygomatic Bones
The lateral rim of the eye socket formed by a process of the frontal bone and a process of the zygomatic bone.
Zygomaticofrontal Process
Muscles of the face which draw the superior lip posteriorly, superiorly, and anteriorly.
Zygomaticus Major Muscles (Smiling Muscle)
Muscles of the face which draw the superior lip superiorly and anteriorly.
Zygomaticus Minor Muscles
A thin projection from the temporal bone bounding its squamous portion; a part of the malar bone helping to form the zygoma.
Zygomatic Process
Fertilized egg.
Zygote
