2nd Declension Vocabulary

Question 1

Acromion, i, n.

Answer 1

Acromion

Part of scapula

Question 2

Angulus, i, m.

Answer 2

Angle

Question 3

Annus, i, m.

Answer 3

Year

Question 4

Bacillus, i, m.

Answer 4

A rod-shaped microorganism

Question 5

Carpus, i, m.

Answer 5

Wrist

Question 6

Cavum, i, n.

Answer 6

Cave, cavity

Question 7

Cerebellum, i, n.

Answer 7

Cerebellum

Literally “small brain”; the part of the brain at the back of the skull in vertebrates.

Question 8

Cerebrum, i, n.

Answer 8

Brain

Question 9

Circulus, i, m.

Answer 9

Circle

Question 10

Collum, i, n.

Answer 10

Neck

Question 11

Colon, i, n.

Answer 11

Large intestine/bowel

Question 12

Condylus, i, m.

Answer 12

Protuberance on a joint (condyle)

Question 13

Cranium, i, n.

Answer 13

Skull

Question 14

Cubitus, i, m.

Answer 14

Elbow

Question 15

Digitus, i, m.

Answer 15

Finger

Question 16

Dorsum, i, n.

Answer 16

The back

Question 17

Ductulus, i, m.

Answer 17

Small duct (tube, channel, tunel)

Question 18

Fundus, i, m.

Answer 18

Bottom, base of an organ

Question 19

Ganglion, i, n.

Answer 19

Ganglion

A centre in nerve system

Question 20

Grammum, i, n.

Answer 20

Gram

Question 21

Humerus, i, m.

Answer 21

Humerus

Upper arm bone

Question 22

Intestinum, i, n.

Answer 22

Intestine

Question 23

Isthmus, i, m.

Answer 23

A narrow organ, passage, or piece of tissue connecting two larger parts

Question 24

Jejunum, i, n.

Answer 24

Jejunum, literally “fasting gut” because usually found empty after death; the part of the small intestine between the duodenum and ileum

Question 25

Labium, i, n.

Answer 25

Lip

Question 26

Ligamentum, i, n.

Answer 26

Ligament

Question 27

Litrum, i, n.

Answer 27

Litre

Question 28

Lobus, i, m.

Answer 28

Lobe

Question 29

Magister, tri, m.

Answer 29

Teacher

Question 30

Manubrium, i, n.

Answer 30

Manubrium Literally "handle"; part of breast bone

Question 31

Miligrammum, i, n.

Answer 31

Milligram

Question 32

Morbilli, orum, m. Only exists in plural form

Answer 32

Measles Only exists in plural form

Question 33

Morbus, i, m.

Answer 33

Illness, disease

Question 34

Musculus, i, m.

Answer 34

Muscle

Question 35

Nasus, i, m.

Answer 35

Nose

Question 36

Nervus, i, m.

Answer 36

Nerve

Question 37

Oculus, i, m.

Answer 37

Eye

Question 38

Oesophagus, i, m.

Answer 38

Oesophagus Part of the alimentary canal that connects the throat to the stomach; the gullet

Question 39

Olecranon, i, n.

Answer 39

Olecranon Bony elbow protuberance

Question 40

Organum, i, n.

Answer 40

Organ

Question 41

Orificium, i, n.

Answer 41

Orifice, entrance, opening

Question 42

Ostium, i, n.

Answer 42

Orifice, entrance, opening

Question 43

Ovarium, i, n.

Answer 43

Ovary

Question 44

Pericardium, i, n.

Answer 44

Pericardium (double-walled sac that contains the heart and the roots of the great vessels)

Question 45

Radius, i, m.

Answer 45

Radius; the thicker and shorter if the two bones in the forearm

Question 46

Ramus, i, m.

Answer 46

Branch, bough

Question 47

Rectum, i, n.

Answer 47

Final section of large intestine

Question 48

Septum, i, n.

Answer 48

Septum Thin partition, divider, barrier

Question 49

Spatium, i, n.

Answer 49

Space

Question 50

Sternum, i, n.

Answer 50

Sternum Breast bone

Question 51

Sulcus, i, m.

Answer 51

A groove or furrow, esp. one on the surface of the brain

Question 52

Thymus, i, m.

Answer 52

Thymus- a lymphoid organ situated in the neck of vertebrates that produces T-cells for the immune system

Question 53

Tuberculum, i, n.

Answer 53

Small swelling, bump, protuberance, excrescence, tumour

Question 54

Uterus, i, m.

Answer 54

Womb

Question 55

Ventriculus, i, m.

Answer 55

Ventricle Literally "small belly"; is n medical terminology a hollow part or cavity in an organ esp. brain or heart

Question 56

Vestibulum, i, n.

Answer 56

Vestibule Literally "entrance hall"; in medical terminology central part of osseous labyrinth

Question 57

Vir, viri, m.

Answer 57

Man

Question 58

Vitrum, i, n.

Answer 58

Glass