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Gross anatomy terms Flashcards

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Inferior

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Near to the soul of the foot

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Superior

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Nearer too top most part of the cranium

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Cranial

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Toward the head or cranium

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Caudal

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Towards the feet or tail region

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Posterior

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Back surface of the body or near the back

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Rostral

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Used in place of anterior when describing parts of the brain

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Medial

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Near to the midline

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Lateral

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Farther away from the midline

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Superficial, intermediate

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Describe the position of structures relative to the surface of the body

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External

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Outside or farther from the center of an organ or cavity

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Internal

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Insider closer to center

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Distal

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Farther away from trunk or point of origin

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Proximal

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Nearer the trunk or point of origin

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Dorsum

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Superior aspect of any part that protrudes anteriorly from the body

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Palmar

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Referring to the palm side of the head

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Plantar

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Referring to the soul of the foot

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Bilateral

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occurring on both sides

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Unilateral

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Occurring only on one side

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Ipsilateral

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Occurs on the same side of the body is something else

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Contralateral

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Occurs in the opposite side of the body from something else

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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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Anatomy

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Two separate or take apart

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Anastamosis

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Natural communication between two vessels

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Ante

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Before

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Apex

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Tip

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Aponeurosis

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Tendinous expansion

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Arch

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A bow

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Ascending

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Traveling superiorly

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Axilla

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Armpit

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Azygos

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Unpaired

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Base

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Lower part or foundation

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Brachial

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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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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 Colon

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Condyle

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Knuckle; round protuberance

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Constrictor

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structure designed to close off passage way

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Coracoid

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Crows beak

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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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Ribs

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Coxa

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Hips

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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 (Srura)

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Legs

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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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Descending

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Travelling inferior

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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

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Epiploic

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Omentum

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Extension

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To increase the angle between the bones forming a joint

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Extrinsic

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Coming from 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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Fascia

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Fimbria

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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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Fossa

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Shallow depression

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Fovea

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Pit or cuplike depresssion

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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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Genu

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Haustrum

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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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Levator

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Linea alba

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White line

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Longus

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Lumborum

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Lumbar region

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Magnum

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Median

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Central or middle

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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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Notch

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Deep indentation or narrow gap

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Omos

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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 chest wall

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Pedicle

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Little foot

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Peritoneum

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Stretch around (lining of abdominal wall)

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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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Pleura

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Plexus

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Braid or network

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Portal

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Door or gatewat

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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

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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; travelling 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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Rugae

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Wrinkles or fold

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Salpinx

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Tube; trumpet

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Serratus

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Sheath

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Connective tissure tube covering other structures

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Sigmoid

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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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Sphincter

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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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Teres

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Trabeculum

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Supporting or anchoring strand

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Troclea

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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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Ventricle

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Small cavity

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Veriform

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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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A-

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Away; negative prefix

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Crani-

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Endo-

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Epi-

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Extra-

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Hemi-

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Hyper-

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Above or over

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Hypo-

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Infra-

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Below or under

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Inter

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Among; between

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Intra

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Meso-

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Meta-

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Nuch-

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Back of neck

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Odont-

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Para-

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Beside or near

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Peri-

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Retro-

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Backward or behind

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Semi-

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Sub-

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Under or below

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Supra-

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Above or below

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