Latin/Greek Terms Flashcards
oris
mouth
buccinator
trumpeter
oculi
eye
mastication
to chew
masseter
chewer/to chew
platysma
flat plate
ptero
resembling a wing/feather
levator
lifter
pector
relating to the chest/breastbone
serratus
saw
trapezius
irregular, 4-sided figure
ceps
heads
profundus
deep
gluteal
buttock
psoas
mm. of the loins
sartorius
tailor
quad
four
bi
two
semi
half
tendinosus
tendon-like
magnus
large
hallucis
big or long toe
gaster
belly
soleus
resembling the sole fish
afferent
bring info in
efferent
bring info out
soma
body
para
on either side/both sides
neuro
nervous system
glia
glue
oma
tumor
dendrites
relating to a tree
axon
axis
dura
tough
mater
mother
arachnoid
spider, web
pia
tender, affectionate mother
cerebrum
brain
cerebellum
little brain
gyri
twisters
thalamus
inner room/bedroom
hypo
below
epi
above
peduncles
little feet
quadrigemina
quadruplets
colliculi
mound, hill
pons
bridge
vermis
worm-like
arbor vitae
tree of life
cauda equina
horse’s tail
an
without
osmia
smell
ptosis
a falling
idiopathic
unknown origin
trigeminus
threefold
neuralgia
nerve pain
strabismus
convergent squint
tinnitus
jingling
vertigo
dizziness, to turn
glossa
tongue
pharynx
throat
vagus
wandering
dys-
difficult
arthria
articulate
piriformis
pear shaped
cytes
cells
leuko
white
erythro
red
thrombo
to clot
poly
many
hemia
blood
phago
to eat
cytic/cy
cell
peri
around
kardia
heart
coronary
crown
vaso
vessel
dilation
make larger
constriction
make smaller
capillary
relating to hair
fenestrated
window
brachium
arm
cephalic
head
nares
nostrils
thyroid
oblong shield
cricoid
ring
glottis
aperture of larynx
arytenoid
ladle-shaped