Common Medical English Terms (basic and reversed)

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• Aditus entrance opening an or
• Ala wing-like process a
• Alveolus deep narrow pit tooth-socket
• Ampulla describe dilated part duct
• Ansa loop referring nerve a
• Atrium anatomical cavity passage chamber heart receives blood
• Aperture opening orifice an or
• Apex narrowed pointed end anatomical structure
• Aponeurosis glistening sheet fibrous connective tissue muscle fibers
• Blood artery vessel conducts heart
• Bone special form connective tissue calcium salts deposited
• Tendons bursa membranous sac small amount viscous fluid
• Canal tubular narrow channel tunnel bone canaliculus smaller
• Capsule fibrous membranous envelope surrounding organ articular surrounds
• Cartilage firm white tissue parts bony skeleton formed
• Caruncle small fleshy eminence a
• Cauda tail
• Cavity hollow space potential body organs
• Cervix neck means applied portion organ e.g uterus
• Chiasma crossing fibers form x primarily describe nerve
• Circumflex ympäri taipunut
• Commissure band fibers join left parts structure median
• Corpus means body
• Part cortex outer rind organs distinguished core called
• Crest projecting ridge bone a
• Leg crus means applied structure resembles stalk
• Decussation chiasma crossing fibers form x
• Digitation finger process muscle a
• Disc flat round structure applied plates cartilage joints
• Duct tube passage fluid secretions glands ductule small
• Epithelium cavities digestive respiratory urogenital serous layer cells
• Fascia deep tissue layer lies immediately skin subcutaneous
• Fasciculus small bundle term applied collections nerve fibers
• Filum literally thread thread-like structures terminale lower extension
• Fold ridge formed membrane doubles back
• Folium leaf plural applied folds cortex cerebellum
• Foramen hole bone adjacent a
• Fossa ditch referring shallow depression cavity
• Fovea small pit fossa a
• Frenulum small fold mucous coat limits movement structure
• Fundus denote widest part hollow organ
• Ganglion swelling nerve corresponds collection cells
• Genu knee geniculum applied bent part structure
• Groove long narrow depression occurring naturally surface organism
• Gyrus fold convolution cerebral cortex
• Hilum depression notch blood vessels enter leave organ
• Humor applied fluids eye to
• Infundibulum funnel-shaped passage a
• Interdigitate interlocking structures finger-like processes fingers hands interposed
• Structure invaginate process part wall pushed inwards membrane
• Narrow isthmus part duct passage strip tissue connecting
• Labium lip
• Thin layer lamina plate bone cartilage softer tissues
• Connective tissue ligament band fibrous bones connected support
• Lobe part organ separated rest fissure lobule small
• Meatus passage opening a or
• Muscle contractile possessing structures vary shape size consist
• Sympathetic spinal chain communicating nerve trunk gray ramus
• Velum means veil curtain a
• Veins vessels return blood capillaries heart venous adjective
• Neuron cell body called part nerve functional unit
• Node swelling protuberance nodule small
• Notch indentation depression border bone
• Nucleus literally means kernel nut anatomy describe aggregation
• Papilla small nipple-shaped elevation a
• Periosteum fibrous covering bone the
• Plexus network nerve vessel processes
• Pouch pockets peritoneum abdomen of
• Process appendage projection main part bone organ
• Punctum minute opening a
• Ramus branch translated describe smaller arteries veins nerves
• Raphe seam similar sheets tissue unite
• Rete network describe plexuses small canals nerves vessels
• Retinaculum band connective tissue connected ends bone tendons
• Rima cleft fissure refers narrow oval oblong opening
• Root part nerve organ arises structure
• Sac bag-like cavity pouch a
• Septum dividing wall partition a
• Sinus recess cavity hollow space dilated channel venous
• Space demarcated segment tissue potential cavity
• Spine small sharp-pointed projection bone
• Stria streak stripe slightly elevated
• Stroma supporting fibrous framework tissue
• Substantia means substance matter or
• Suture line union immovable articulation bones skull
• Sulcus groove a
• Taenia flat band tape applied narrow strip muscle
• Tegmen roof
• Tela means web describes thin web-like membrane loosely
• Tendon cord connective tissue muscles fibers end attached
• Trabecula means beam bar a
• Fibers tract bundle nerve similar origins terminations
• Trigonum triangular space area a
• Trochlea pulley
• Tuber enlargement swelling an or
• Tubercle eminence bone smoother tuberosity
• Tuberosity rough eminence bone a
• Tunica covering coat muscle hollow viscera
• Uvula means grape referring small fleshy appendage hangs
• Vallecula wide depression furrow valley
• Valve fold artery vein duct prevents reflux contents
• Vas tubular structure a
• Viscus organ digestive respiratory urogenital systems ductless gland

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