Week 1 Terms Flashcards
Superior
Nearer to topmost part of cranium
Inferior
Nearer to the sole of foot
Cranial
Toward the head or cranium
Caudal
Towards the feet or tail region
Posterior (dorsal)
Back surface of the body or nearer the back
Anterior (ventral)
Front surface of the body or nearer the front
Roster all
Used in place of anterior when describing parts of the brain
Medial
Nearer to the midline
Lateral
Farther away from the midline
Superficial, intermediate, deep
Describe the position of structures relative to the surface of the body or the relationship of one structure to another underlying or overlying structure
External
Outside or farther from the center of an organ or cavity
Internal
Inside or closer to the center
Proximal
Nearer to trunk or point of origin (extremity)
Distal
Farther away from trunk or point of origin (extremity)
Dorsum
Superior aspect of any part that protrudes anteriorly from the body (dorsum of tongue, nose, penis, foot)
Palmer
Referring to the palm side of the hand
Plantar
Referring to the sole of the foot
Bilateral
Occurring on both sides
Unilateral
Occurs only on one side
Ipsilateral
Occurs on the same side of the body as something else
Contralateral
Occurs on the opposite side of the body from something else
Abdominis -L
Abdomen
Acetabulum
Shallow vinegar cup
Acromion
Upper most
Ala
Wing
Alveolus
Small hollow space
Ampulla
Little jar
Anastomosis
Opening; natural communication between two vessels
Anatomy
To separate or take apart; dissect
Aponeurosis
Tendinous expansion
Axilla
Armpit
Azygos
Unpaired
Brachii-G
Arm
Brachium
Arm; shorter, so specifically arm, not forearm
Brevis-L
Short
Canal
Narrow tube or channel
Cardiac
Heart
Capri -G
Wrist
Cecum
Blind gut
Celiac
Belly
Cephalic
Cranial, pertaining to head
Colic
Referring to colon
Condyle
Knuckle, rounded protuberance
Constrictor
Structure designed to close off a passage way
Coracoid
Crows beak
Coronoid
Hooked/curved
Corpus
Body
Cortex
External layer, bark, shell, rind
Costal
Rib
Coxa
Hip
Crest
Ridge or elongated prominence
Cruciate
Cross shaped
Crus - crura
leg-s
Cutaneous
Pertaining to the skin
Cystic
Bladder
Deltoid
Delt: triangle
Oid: like
Digitorum
Finger or toe
Dilator
Structure designed to dilate on opening
Duodenum
12 at a time, 12 finger breadths in length
Extrinsic
Coming from outside
Facet
Small face, smooth area on a bone
Falciform
Sickle shaped
Femoris
Thigh
Fimbria
Fringe
Fissure
A groove, cleft or slit
Foramen-foramina
A passage or opening, hole
Fornix
Arch
Fossa
Shallow depression
Fovea
Pit or cuplike depression
Fundus
Part of hollow organ far from mouth of that organ