General Terminology

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Ala

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Wing

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Ampulla

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Jug

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Apex

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superior portion or pointed portion of a structure

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Aponeurosis

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tendinous expansion

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Arch

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curved or “bow-like” structure

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Ascending

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traveling superiorly

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Base

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lowermost part or foundation

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Brevis

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denotes a short structure

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Canal

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narrow tubular passage

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Condyle

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knuckle or rounded projection

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Constrictor

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structure designed to close off a passageway

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Corpus

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body

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Cortex

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external layer, bark, shell, rind (Latin)

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Crest

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ridge

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Cruciate/cruciform

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shaped like a cross

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Crus:

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leg

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Cutaneous:

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pertaining to the skin

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Depressor

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muscle to depress the structure into which it inserts

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Descending

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traveling inferiorly

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Dilator

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structure designed to dilate an opening

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Extrinsic

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coming from or originating outside

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Fascia

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band

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Fissure

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cleft or groove

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Foramen

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hole

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Fossa

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shallow depression

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Fovea

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pit or depression

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Fundus

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part of hollow organ far from mouth of that organ

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Hiatus

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gap, cleft, or opening

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Hilum

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region where vessels and nerves enter or exit an organ

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Infundibulum

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funnel-shaped

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Intrinsic

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situated entirely within

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Isthmus

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narrow connection between two larger bodies

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Lamina

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thin flat plate or layer

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Levator

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muscle to elevate to structure into which it inserts

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Longus

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denotes a long structure

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Magnum

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great

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Medulla

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innermost part

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Notch

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indentation

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Parietal

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pertaining to the walls of a cavity

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Pedicle

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little foot

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Piriform

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pear-shaped

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Plexus

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braid or network

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Process

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a prominence or projection

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Pyramidal

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shaped like a pyramid

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Ramus

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branch

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Raphe

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seam

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Rectus

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straight (Latin)

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Recurrent

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traveling back from the way it came

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Retinaculum

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rope or cable

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Root

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lowermost part

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Sheath

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tubular structure enclosing or surrounding other structure

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Sigmoid

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“S” shaped

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Sinus

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cavity or channel, hollow (Latin)

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Sphincter

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structure designed to constrict an opening

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Spine

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thorn-like process

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Styloid

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long and pointed (pencil-like)

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Trochlea

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pulley

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Tubercle

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small rounded bump

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Tuberosity

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roughened region

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Ventricle

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small cavity

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Vestibule

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space at the entrance to a canal

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Visceral

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pertaining to a large internal organ