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without
ab

away from
acetabul

cup-shaped
acro

extremity
ad

to, towards
aden

gland
adip

fat
aditus

opening
af

to, towards
agon

contest, struggle
ala, alaris

wing
ansa

loop
ante

before
annul

ring
aqua

water
arthr

joint, articulation
articul

joint, articulation
atri

room
audi

to hear
aur

ear
ax

axis
bi

twice
bi

live
blast

germ
blephar

eyelid
brachi

arm
brachy

short
brevis

short
bronchi

windpipe
bucc

cheek
bulla

blister
bursa

bag
calva

skull
calyx, kalyx

cup
canthus

angle, corner of eye
capitulum

small head
caput

head
cardi

heart
carina

keel
carpus

wrist
caruncle

fleshy eminece
caud

tail
cavus

cave
cecus

blind
cele

room
centesis

perforation
cephal

head
cerebr-

brain
cervix

neck
chaisma

crossing
chol-

bile
choleyst-

gallbladder
chondr-

cartilage
choana

funnel
cilium

eyelash
cisterna

cisterna
ceido-

relating to a clavicle
cochlea

snail shell
-coele

hollow
colon

large intestine
commisura

connection
concha

shell
contra-

against
coracoid

crow-like
cornu

horn
corpus

body
cortico-

bark, shell
costa

rib
coxa

hip
cranium

head
cremaster

suspend
cruci-

cross
crypto-

hidden
crus

leg
cubitus

elbow
cuneus

wedge
cutis

skin
cysto-

bladder
dactyl-

finger, toe
delta

triangular
dens

tooth
derm-

skin
di-

double
-didymos

testes
distans

distant, remote
dolicho

long
dorsum

back
duo

two
dura

hard
dys-

difficult, impaired
e-
ec-

out, away from
ecto-

outer side
-ectomy

cut out
edem-

swelling
-emina

blood cell
encephalo-

head
endo-

within
entero-

intestine
epi-

upon
ex-

out, away from
exo-

outside
extra-

outside
fero

to carry
flavus

yellow
fornix

vault-like space
fossa

trench
fovea

depression
gastro-

stomach
genu

knee
ginglymos

hinge
gloss

tongue
-gram

drawing
-graph

recording
gutter

throat
gyn-

female
hemo-

blood
hemi-

half
hepato-

liver
hiatus

opening
histo-

tissue
hyalo-

glassy
hydro-

water
hyper-

excessive
hypo-

under
hyster-

uterus
im-

not
in-

in, into
infra-

below
inter-

between
intra-

within
ipsi-

same
-ism

condition
iso-

equal
-itis

inflammation
kerato

horn
labia

lips
lacrima

tear
lact-

milk
lacun-

lake
lamin-

layer
linea

line
lipo-

fat
-lith

stone
-logy

study of
lysis

destroy
macro-

large
malleus

hammer
mamma

breast
mast-

breast
mater-

mother
meatus

passage
mega-

great
mentum

chin
meso

middle
meta-

beyond
metra

uterus
morph-

form
mors

death
myelo-

spinal cord
myo-

muscle
natal

pertaining to birth
necro-

death
neo-

new
nephro-

kidney
neuro-

nerve
nigra-

black
occiput

back of head
oculo-

eye
odonto-

tooth
-oid

resembling
oligo-

few
-oma

tumor
omo

shoulder
opthalm

eye
orchio-

testis
ortho

straight
-ory

referring to
os

bone
os

opening
-osos

disease
osteo-

bone
oto

ear
-otomy

to cut
ous

expressing material
ova

egg
palma

palm
pan-

all
para-

besides, next to
paresis

weakness
parieto

wall
pathy

disease
pectoralis

breast
pedo

foot
-penia

poverty
peri-

around, near
perone

fibula
phalanx

row of soldiers
phelb

vein
phrenic

related to the diaphragm
pia

tender
pilo

hair
pirum

pear
plantare

to plant as in foot
-plasia

development
-plegia

paralyze
pleura

rib
pne-

breathe
pneumo-

air
pollex

thumb
porta

gate
post

after
pre-

before
procto

rectum
pseudo-

false
pterygion

wing
pulmo-

lung
pyelo-

related to the pelvis of the kidney
pyon

pus
quad

4
radius

spoke
ram

branch
re

again
rect

straight
ren

kidney
retinaculum

cable
retro-

backward
rhino

nose
rostrum

beak, nose
sagitta-

arrow
sarco

flesh
sclera

hard
scolio

bent
sect

to cut
semi-

half
sept

wall septum
serra

a saw
soma

body
sperm

seed
spheno-

wedge
splanchno-

viscera
squam

scale
stasis

standing still
steno

narrow
-stomy

make opening
strati

layered
stylos

pillar, column
sub-

under
sym-
syn-

together
systole

contracting
tachy-
- fast
- swift
ulna

arm
teno-

tendon
tentorium

tent
teres

round
-tomy

cut
trans-

across
trabecula

little beam
tri-

3
troch

pulley
tuber

swelling
tunic

covering
tympano

drum
unguis

the nail
uni-

1
uria
uro

urine
vagus

wandering
vaso-

vessel
vastus

vast
ven-
veno-

vein
venter

belly
xiphos

sword
zoo

animal

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SGU ANATOMY VOCAB

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SGU ANATOMY VOCAB

Updated

2010-02-15T06:18:58Z

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