2nd Declension Vocab. Flashcards
(61 cards)
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Acromion
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Part of the scapula
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Angulus
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Angle
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Annus
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Year
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Bacillus
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A rod shaped microorganism
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Carpus
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Wrist
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Cavum
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Cave, cavity
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Cerebellum
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Literally ‘small brain’
Part of the brain at the back of the skull in vertebrates
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Cerebrum
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Brain
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Circulus
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Circle
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Collum
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Neck
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Colon
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Large intestine/bowel
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Condylus
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Protuberance on a joint (condyle)
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Cranium
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Skull
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Cubitus
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Elbow
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Digitus
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Finger
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Dorsum
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Back
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Ductulus
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Small duct (tube, channel, tunnel)
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Fundus
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Bottom, base of organ
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Ganglion
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A centre in nerve system
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Grammumm
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Gram
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Humerus
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Upper arm bone
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Intestinum
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Intestine
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Intestinum caecum
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Literally ‘blind gut’
A pouch connected to the junction of the small and large intestines
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Intestinum crassum
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Large or ‘fat’ bowel
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Intestinum duodenum
Duodenum
| The first part of the small intestine immediately beyond the stomach and large intestines
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Isthmus
Narrow organ, passage or piece of tissue connecting two larger parts
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Jejunum (ieiunum)
Jejunum
Literally 'fasting gut' because usually found empty after death
Part of the small intestine between the duodenum and ileum
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Labium
Lip
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Ligamentum
Ligament
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Litrum
Litre
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Lobus
Lobe
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Magister
Teacher
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Manubrium
Literally, 'handle'
| Part of breast bone
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miligrammum
Miligram
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Morbilli
Measles
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Morbus
Illness, disease
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Musculus
Muscle
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Nasus
Nose
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Nervus
Nerve
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Oculus
Eye
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Oesophagus
part of the alimentary canal that connects the throat to the stomach
The gullet
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Olecranon
Bony elbow protuberance
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Organum
Organ
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Orificium
Orifice, entrance, opening
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Ostium
Orifice, entrance, opening
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Ovarium
Ovary (organ containing embryonic human eggs)
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Pericardium
Pericardium (double walled sac containing the heart and the roots of the great vessels)
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Radius
Radius, the thicker and shorter of the two bones in the forearm.
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Ramus
Branch, bough
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Rectum
Final section of large intestine
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Septum (saeptum)
Think partition, divider, barrier
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Spatium
Space
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Sternum
Breast bone
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Sulcus
A groove or furrow - especially one on the surface of the brain.
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Thymus
Thymus - a lymphoid organ situated in the neck of vertebrates that produces T-cells for the immune system
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Tuberculum
Small swelling, bump, protuberance, excrescence, tumour
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Uterus
Womb
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Ventriculus
Literally 'small belly'
| Hollow part or cavity in an organ - especially brain or heart
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Vestibulum
Literally 'entrance hall'
| Central part of osseous labyrinth
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Vir
Man
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Vitrum
Glass
