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Acetabulum

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Shallow vinegar cup

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Acromion

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Upper Most

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Ala

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wing

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Alveolus

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Small hollow space

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Ampulla

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Little jar

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Anastomosis

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Opening; natural communication between two vessels

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Anatomy

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To separate or take apart; dissect

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Aponeurosis

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Tendinous expansion

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Axilla

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Armpit

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Azygos

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Unpaired

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Brachii

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arm

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Brachium

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Arm; shorter, so specifically arm, not forearm

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Brevis

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short

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Canal

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Narrow tube or channel

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Cardiac

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Heart

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Carpi

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wrist

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Cecum

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Blind gut

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Celiac

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Belly

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Cephalic

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Cranial; pertaining to the head

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Colic

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referring to the colon

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Condyle

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knuckle; rounded protuberance

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Constrictor

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Structure designed to close off a passage way

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Coracoid

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Crow’s beak

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Coronoid

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Hooked/curved

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Corpus

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Body

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Cortex

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External layer, bark, shell, rind

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Costal

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Rib

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Coxa

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Hip

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Crest

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Ridge or elongated prominence

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Cruciate

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cross shaped

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Crus - Crura

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Leg-s

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Cutaneous

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Pertaining to the skin

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Cystic

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Bladder

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Deltoid

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Delt- triangle; oid : like

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Digitorum

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Finger or toe

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Dilator

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Structure designed to dilate an opening

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Duodenum

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12 at a time - 12 finger breadths in length

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Extrinsic

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Coming from the outside

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Facet

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Small face; smooth area on a bone

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Falciform

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Sickle shaped

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Femoris

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thigh

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Fimbria

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Fringe

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Fissure

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A groove, cleft or slit

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Foramen - Foramina

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A passage or opening; hole

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Fornix

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Arch

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Fossa

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Shallow depression

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Fovea

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Pit or cuplike depression

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Fundus

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Part of hollow organ far from mouth of that organ

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Gastric

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Stomach

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50
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Genu

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Knee

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Gluteus

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The rump

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Hallucis

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Great toe

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Haustrum

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Drawer

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Hepatic

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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 enter or exit an organ

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Infundibulum

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Funnel-shaped

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Inguinal

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Intrinsic

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Belonging solely to that part; situated entirely within

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Isthmus

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Narrow connection between two bodies

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Jejunum

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Lamina

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Thin, flat layer

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Latissimus

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lat - broad or wide; simus - a likeness

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Levator

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Linea alba

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White line

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Lumborum

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Lumbar region

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Magnum

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Major

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Maximus

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Medulla

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Innermost part

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Mesentary

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Double layer of peritoneum

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Metrium

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Minimus

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Minor

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Notch

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Deep indentation or narrow gap

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Oblique

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Running at an angle from the midline

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Oculi

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Omos

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Orbicularis

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-orbi: circle; cul: little

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Oris

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Parietal

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Pertaining to the walls of a cavity

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Pecten

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Pectoral

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Pertaining to the chest wall

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Pectoralis

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Pedicle

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Pertoneum

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Stretch around - lining of abdominal wall

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Peroneus

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Phrenic

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Pertaining to the thoracic diaphragm

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Piriform

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Pear shaped

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Pisiform

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Pea shaped

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Pleura

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Plexus

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Braid or network

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Pollicis

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Portal

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Door or gateway

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Process

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A bony projection

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Pudendal

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Modest; to feel ashamed - external genitalia

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Pulmonary

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Pylorus

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Gate guard

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Ramus

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Raphe

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Rectus

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Recurrent

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Returning; traveling back the way it came

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Renal

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Retinaculum

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Root

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Proximal end of a structure

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Rostral

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Used in place of ‘Anterior’ when describing parts of the brain

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Rugae

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Wrinkles or folds

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Salpinx

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Tube, trumpet

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Scapularis

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Shoulder blade

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Serratus

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  • serrat: a saw or saw toothed
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Sheath

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Connective tissue tube covering other structures

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Sigmoid

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‘S’ Shaped

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Sinus

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Curve, hollow

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Skeleton

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Dried up body

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Soma

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Schincter

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Structure designed to close an opening

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Spine

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Thorn-like process

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Splanchnic

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Pertaining to viscera

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Styloid

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Long and pointed

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Sub

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Under or below

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Teres

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-tere: round

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Tibialis

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Trabecula

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Little beam

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Trapezius

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-trapez: table

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Trochlea

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System of pulleys

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Tubercle

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Little swelling

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Tuberosity

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Elevated round process of bone

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Vastus

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Ventricle

A

small cavity

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Vermiform

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Vesicle

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Urinary bladder

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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 the organs

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Abdominis

Gross Anatomy (9 decks)

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