Gross anatomy terms Flashcards
Inferior
Near to the soul of the foot
Superior
Nearer too top most part of the cranium
Cranial
Toward the head or cranium
Caudal
Towards the feet or tail region
Posterior
Back surface of the body or near the back
Rostral
Used in place of anterior when describing parts of the brain
Medial
Near to the midline
Lateral
Farther away from the midline
Superficial, intermediate
Describe the position of structures relative to the surface of the body
External
Outside or farther from the center of an organ or cavity
Internal
Insider closer to center
Distal
Farther away from trunk or point of origin
Proximal
Nearer the trunk or point of origin
Dorsum
Superior aspect of any part that protrudes anteriorly from the body
Palmar
Referring to the palm side of the head
Plantar
Referring to the soul of the foot
Bilateral
occurring on both sides
Unilateral
Occurring only on one side
Ipsilateral
Occurs on the same side of the body is something else
Contralateral
Occurs in the opposite side of the body from something else
Acetabulum
Shallow vinegar cup
Acromion
Upper most
Ala
Wing
Alveolus
Small hollow space
Ampulla
Little jar
Anatomy
Two separate or take apart
Anastamosis
Natural communication between two vessels
Ante
Before
Apex
Tip
Aponeurosis
Tendinous expansion
Arch
A bow
Ascending
Traveling superiorly
Axilla
Armpit
Azygos
Unpaired
Base
Lower part or foundation
Brachial
Arm; shorter, so specifically arm not forearm
Brevis
Short
Canal
Narrow tube or channel
Cardiac
Heart
Cecum
Blind gut
Celiac
Belly
Cephalic
Cranial; pertaining to the head
Colic
Referring to Colon
Condyle
Knuckle; round protuberance
Constrictor
structure designed to close off passage way
Coracoid
Crows beak
Corpus
Body
Cortex
External layer, bark, shell, rind
Costal
Ribs
Coxa
Hips
Crest
Ridge or elongated prominence
Cruciate
Cross shaped
Crus (Srura)
Legs
Cutaneous
Pertaining to the skin
Cystic
Bladder
Descending
Travelling inferior
Dilator
Structure designed to dilate an opening
Duodenum
12 at a time
Epiploic
Omentum
Extension
To increase the angle between the bones forming a joint
Extrinsic
Coming from outside
Facet
Small face; smooth area on a bone
Falciform
sickle shaped
Fascia
A band
Fimbria
Fringe
Fissure
A groove, cleft or slit
Foramen (Foramina)
A passage or opening; hole
Fornix
Arch
Fossa
Shallow depression
Fovea
Pit or cuplike depresssion
Fundus
Part of hollow organ far from mouth of that organ
Gastric
Stomach
Genu
Knee
Haustrum
Drawer
Hepatic
Liver
Hiatus
Gap, cleft or opening
Hilum
region where vessels enter or exit an organ
Infundibulum
Funnel shaped
Inguinal
Groin
Intrinsic
Belonging solely to that part; situated entirely within
Isthmus
Narrow connection between two bodies
Jejunum
Empty
Lamina
Thin flat layer
Levator
Lifter
Linea alba
White line
Longus
Long
Lumborum
Lumbar region
Magnum
Great
Median
Central or middle
Medulla
Innermost part
Mesentary
Double layer of peritoneum
Metrium
Uterus
Notch
Deep indentation or narrow gap
Omos
Shoulder
Parietal
Pertaining to the walls of a cavity
Pecten
Comb
Pectoral
Pertaining to chest wall
Pedicle
Little foot
Peritoneum
Stretch around (lining of abdominal wall)
Phrenic
Pertaining to the thoracic diaphragm
Piriform
Pear shaped
Pleura
Rib-side
Plexus
Braid or network
Portal
Door or gatewat
Process
A bony projection
Pudendal
Modest; to feel ashamed
Pulmonary
Lungs
Pylorus
Gate guard
Ramus
Branch
Raphe
Seam
Rectus
Straight
Recurrent
Returning; travelling back the way it came
Renal
Kidney
Retinaculum
To retain
Root
Proximal end of a structure
Rugae
Wrinkles or fold
Salpinx
Tube; trumpet
Serratus
Saw-like
Sheath
Connective tissure tube covering other structures
Sigmoid
S Shaped
Sinus
Curve, hollow
Skeleton
Dried up body
Soma
Body
Sphincter
Structure designed to close an opening
Spine
Thorn-like process
Splanchnic
Pertaining to viscera
Styloid
Long and pointed
Teres
Rounds
Trabeculum
Supporting or anchoring strand
Troclea
System of pulleys
Tubercle
Little swelling
Tuberosity
Elevated round process of bone
Ventricle
Small cavity
Veriform
Worm-like
Vesicle
Urinary bladder
Vestibule
Space at the entrance to a canal
Visceral
Pertaining to the organs
A-
Away; negative prefix
Crani-
Skull
Endo-
Inside
Epi-
Upon
Extra-
Outer
Hemi-
Half
Hyper-
Above or over
Hypo-
Under
Infra-
Below or under
Inter
Among; between
Intra
Within
Meso-
Middle
Meta-
After
Nuch-
Back of neck
Odont-
Tooth
Para-
Beside or near
Peri-
Around
Retro-
Backward or behind
Semi-
Half
Sub-
Under or below
Supra-
Above or below