Terminology

Question 1

Superior

Answer 1

nearer to topmost part of the cranium (skull)

Question 2

Inferior

Answer 2

Nearer to the sole of the foot

Question 3

Cranial

Answer 3

Towards the cranium or head

Question 4

Caudal

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Towards the feet or tail (coccyx) region

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Posterior (dorsal)

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On the backside or towards the back

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Anterior (ventral)

Answer 6

On the front or towards the front

Question 7

Rostrum

Answer 7

Used in place of anterior when talking about the brain

Question 8

Medial

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Closer to the midline

Question 9

Lateral

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Further from the midline

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Superficial, intermediate, deep

Answer 10

Layers on the Z-axis or the depth

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External

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The outside portion

Question 12

Internal

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Inside or closer to the center

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Proximal

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Nearer to the trunk or point of origin

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Distal

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Farther away from the point of origin or trunk (extremities)

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Dorsum

Answer 15

superior aspect of any part that protrudes anteriorly from the body (dorsum of tongue, nose, penis, foot

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Palmar

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On the palm of the hand

Question 17

Plantar

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On the sole of the foot

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Bilateral

Answer 18

Occurring on both sides of the body

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Unilateral

Answer 19

Occurring on only one side of the body

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Ipsilateral

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Occurring on the same side of the body

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Contralateral

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Occurring on the opposite side of the body

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Abdominis

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Abdomen

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Acetabelum

Answer 23

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

Answer 26

Shallow hollow space

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Ampulla

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Small 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 dissect

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Aponerosis

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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; round protruberance

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Constrictor

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Designed to close off a passage way

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Coracoid

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Crows beak

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Coranoid

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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 protruberance

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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 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 or widen 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 - formina

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An opening or 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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A pit or cup like depression

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Fundus

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Part of a hollow organ far from the mouth of that organ

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Gastric

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Stomach

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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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Hallicus

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The great toe

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Haustrum

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Drawer

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Hepatic

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Liver

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Hiatus

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Gap opening or cleft

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Hilum

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The area 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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Groin

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Intrinsic

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Belonging solely to that part; completely within

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Isthmus

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Narrow connection between two bodies

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Jejunum

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Empty

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Lamina

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Thin flat layer

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Latissimus

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Broad, wide.

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Levator

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Lifter

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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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Great

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Major

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Larger

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Maximus

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Largest

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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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Minimus

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Smallest

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Minor

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Smaller

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Notch

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Deep indentation or 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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Eye

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Omos

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Shoulder

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Orbicularis

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Circle; little

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Oris

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Mouth

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Parietal

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Pertaining to the walls of the cavity

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Pecten

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Comb

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Pectoral

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Pertaining to the chest wall

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Pectoralis

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Breast

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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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Peroneous

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Fibula

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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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Pieura

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Rib side

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Plexus

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Braid or network

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Pollicis

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Thumb

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Portal

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Door or gateway

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Process

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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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Lungs

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Pylorus

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Gate guard

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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

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Recurrent

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Returning; traveling the way back it came

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Renal

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Kidney

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Retinaculum

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To retain

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Root

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Proximal end of a structure

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Rostrum

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used in place of Anterior when describing parts of the brain

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Rugged

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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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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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Body

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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 the 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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Round

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Tibialis

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Shin bone

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Trabecula

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Little beam

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Trapezius

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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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Huge

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Ventricle

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Small cavity

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Vermiform

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Worm-like

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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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A-

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Away; negative prefix

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Bi-

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Two

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Crani-

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Skull

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Endo-

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Inside

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Epi-

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Upon

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Extra-

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Outer

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Hemi-

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Half

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Hyper-

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Above or over

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Hypo

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Below or under

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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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Within

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Meso-

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Middle

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Meta-

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After

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Nuch-

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Back of neck

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Odont-

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Tooth

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Para-

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Beside or near

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Peri-

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Around

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Retro-

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Backward or behind

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Semi-

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Half

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Sub-

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Under or below

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Supra-

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Above or over

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Tri-

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Three