Chapter 17

Question 1

rectus

Answer 1

the straight (muscle)

Question 2

extensor

Answer 2

the extensor (muscle)

Question 3

femoris

Answer 3

of the thigh

Question 4

indicis

Answer 4

of the index finger

Question 5

adductor longus

Answer 5

the long adductor

Question 6

adductor brevis

Answer 6

the short adductor

Question 7

ala

Answer 7

wing

Question 8

angulus

Answer 8

angle, corner

Question 9

anus

Answer 9

anus, opening of recturm

Question 10

arrector

Answer 10

that which raises, erector

Question 11

articularis

Answer 11

joint (adj.) pertaining to joints

Question 12

auricula

Answer 12

ear, the external portion of the ear

Question 13

biceps

Answer 13

two-headed

Question 14

brevis

Answer 14

short

Question 15

buccinator

Answer 15

that which has to do with the cheek

Question 16

corrugator

Answer 16

that which wrinkles

Question 17

cubitum

Answer 17

elbow

Question 18

depressor

Answer 18

that which lowers or depresses

Question 19

digitus

Answer 19

finger, toe

Question 20

dilator

Answer 20

that which widens, dilator

Question 21

femur, femoris

Answer 21

thigh

Question 22

flexor

Answer 22

that which flexes or bends, flexor

Question 23

genu, genus

Answer 23

knee

Question 24

hallux, hallucis

Answer 24

big toe

Question 25

index, indicis

Answer 25

index finger

Question 26

levator

Answer 26

that which rises, levator

Question 27

manus, manus

Answer 27

hand

Question 28

medius

Answer 28

middle

Question 29

mentalis

Answer 29

of the chin

Question 30

minimus

Answer 30

smallest

Question 31

naris

Answer 31

nostril

Question 32

nasus

Answer 32

nose

Question 33

opponens

Answer 33

opposing

Question 34

palpebra

Answer 34

eyelid

Question 35

pes, pedis

Answer 35

foot

Question 36

pilus

Answer 36

hair

Question 37

pollex, pollicis

Answer 37

thumb

Question 38

pupilla

Answer 38

pupil

Question 39

rotator

Answer 39

that which turns, rotator

Question 40

supercilium

Answer 40

eyebrow

Question 41

superior, superioris

Answer 41

upper, higher

Question 42

sura

Answer 42

calf

Question 43

tensor

Answer 43

that which tenses, tensor

Question 44

triceps

Answer 44

three-headed

Question 45

tympanum

Answer 45

ear drum, tympanic membrane

Question 46

clavicle

Answer 46

collar bone, “little key”

Question 47

patella

Answer 47

knee cap, “little dish”

Question 48

mandible

Answer 48

jawbone

Question 49

fibula

Answer 49

outer bone of leg

Question 50

scaphoid

Answer 50

bone of the ankle and wrist

Question 51

zygoma

Answer 51

bone of the cheek

Question 52

trapezium

Answer 52

bone of the wrist “little table”

Question 53

cuneiform

Answer 53

bone of the ankle

Question 54

malleus

Answer 54

ossicle of the middle ear (hammer)

Question 55

incus

Answer 55

ossicle of the middle ear (anvil)

Question 56

sacrum

Answer 56

base of the vertebral column

Question 57

lunate

Answer 57

bone of the wrist “moon shaped”

Question 58

hamate

Answer 58

bone of the wrist “hooked shape”

Question 59

pisiform

Answer 59

bone of the wrist “pea shaped”

Question 60

tarsus

Answer 60

ankle “framework”

Question 61

phalanges

Answer 61

bones of the fingers or toes “ battle line”