Upper Limb Flashcards
Sub
Below
Cut
Skin
Example: cutaneous, cutis
Oss
Bone
Example: Ossify
Stern
Breastbone
Example: sternum
Supra
Over, above
Example: supraspinous (above the spine)
Fossa
Hollow/depressed area
Example: coronoid fossa (depression in the humerus for the coronoid process of the ulnar)
Infra
Below; under
Example: Infraspinous (below spine)
Post
After; behind
Example: posterior
Ante
In front of
Example: Anterior
Later
Side
Example: Lateral
Medi
Middle
Example: Medial
Dors
Back
Example: Dorsal
Ventr
Belly
Example: Ventral (anterior)
Supin
Lying back
Example: Supination
Pron
Lying forward
Example: Pronation
Caud
Tail
Example: Caudal (towards the tail)
Crani
Skull
Example: Cranial (towards the skull)
Articulate
To join
Example: acromion articulated with the clavicle.
Pector
Chest
Example: pectoral
Serr
Saw, tooth-like
Example: Serratus anterior (a thin muscle of the chest wall extending from the ribs under the arm to the scapula)
Innervate
- To supply with nerves
- To stimulate into action
Example: long thoracic nerve (C5-7) innervates the serratus anterior.
Manubrium
The uppermost portion of the sternum.
Costal
Pertaining to rib
Example:
Costal surface of scapular is the subscapular fossa.
Notch
Indentation
Example:
Suprascapular notch
Tubercle
A nodule or small eminence, especially one on a bone, for attachment of a tendon (usually a bulge on the bone due to pulling action created by the tendon)
Example:
Greater and lesser tubercle of the humerus.
Sulcus
Groove or furrow
Example:
Intertubercular sulcus
Epi
Above
Epicondyle
Above condyle
Condyle
A rounded articulate surface at the extremity of a bone.
Ridge
Linear projection or projecting structure. A crest.
Example:
Ridgeline.
Torch
Run, wheel-like.
Example:
Trochlea
Capit
Head; rounded
Example:
Capitulum
Coron
Crown-shaped
Example:
Coronoid process
Styl
Column; pillar; long
Example:
Styloid process
Carp
Wrist
Example: Carpal bones (wrist bones)
Scaph
Boat-like
Example: Scaphoid in the carpus
Luna
Moon-like
Example: Luante bone of the Carpus
Iqu
Even; equal
Example: triquetrum bone of the Carpus is three sided and equal length on each side.
Pis
Pea-like
Example: Pisiform bone of the carpus
Trape
Four-legged; table
Example: Trapezium
Phalanx
Bone of finger or toe
Example: phalanx of the digits
