Ch.27 Vocab

Question 1

Achilles Tendon

Answer 1

you know the story

Question 2

atlas (vertebra)

Answer 2

the first of the upmost vertebra

named from Atlas, a mythic giant born from the Titan Ipatus

Question 3

caput Medusae

Answer 3

dilated cutaneous veins around the umbilucus

Question 4

hymen

Answer 4

a membranous fold that partially occludes the vagina

Hymen is greek god of marriage

Question 5

mons Veneris

Answer 5

pubic mound, the mound of venus, roman goddess of love and sex

Question 6

chimerism

Answer 6

the presence of cells of different origins, whether by mutation or transplant

from chimera (a hybrid monster)

Question 7

gigantism

Answer 7

from the greek giants

Question 8

hermaphrodite

Answer 8

a person with both male and female sex organs , from hermaphrodites, son of hermes and aphroditus

Question 9

narcissism

Answer 9

excessive self-interest, named from narcissus, a beautiful young man

Question 10

panic

Answer 10

from the greek god Pan, strange sounds associated with noises from the nature

Question 11

priapism

Answer 11

persistent abnormal erection of the penis, priapus was goddy

Question 12

satyriasis

Answer 12

hypersexuality in male, Dionysus

Question 13

venereal

Answer 13

transmitted by sexual contact (having to do with venus)

Question 14

ammonia

Answer 14

salt of Ammon,

Question 15

aphrodisiac

Answer 15

drug that increases sexual lipido (aphrodite)

Question 16

atropine

Answer 16

posionous alkaloid occuring in night, Atropos

Question 17

mercury

Answer 17

planets, gods

Question 18

sphingosine

Answer 18

an alcohol from Sphinx,