Dictionary of Anatomy

By Students' Academy

If you are a student or teacher of medicines, medical science, biology, or human anatomy, this is the dictionary for you.

The detailed definitions are followed by descriptive examples and suitable references.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Aug 6, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465986719

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Dictionary of Anatomy

By Students’ Academy

Copyright@20F11Students’ Academy

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Chapter One

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Abdomen: Abdomen refers to the part of the trunk between thorax and the perineum; it is also called belly.

Abducent: Abducent refers to movement especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part

Abduction: Abduction refers to movement from.

Aberrant: Aberrant means to wander, not following the normal.

Accessory: Accessory means supplementary.

Accommodation: Accommodation refers to adaptation of the optical power (focusing) of the eye for shorter distances.

Acetabulum: Acetabulum refers to small receptacle.

Acoustic: Acoustic is the science related to hearing.

Acromion: Acromion refers to shoulder.

Adduction: Adduction refers to the movement towards

Adenoid: Adenoid refers to a gland, shape or form.

Adhesion: Adhesion means stuck, hence, stuck to

Adipose: Adipose refers to fat.

Aditus: Aditus refers to a a way, hence an opening or entrance.

Adrenal: Adrenal refers to kidney, hence situated near the kidney.

Afferent: Afferent refers to carrying (cf. ferry), hence, carrying to.

Agger nasi: Agger nasi points to the eminence of the nose.

Agonist: Agonist means rival, pertaining to contrastive muscles.

Ala: Ala refers to a wing or a wing-like process.

Alaeque: Alaeque refers to wing (ala of nose), suffix -que means ‘and’.

Alba: Alba means white

Albicans: Albicans refers to becoming white.

Albuginea: Albuginea refers to white, like boiled white of an egg.

Alimentary: Alimentary means food, for example alimentary canal.

Allantois: Allantois refers to something which is like or in the form of a sausage.

Allocortex: Allocortex means other.

Alveolus: Alveolus refers to any small hollow.

Alveus: The Alveus happens to be a layer of fibres on the free surface of the hippocampus.

Ambiguous: Ambiguous means doubtful.

Ampulla: Ampulla refers to a two-handed flask.

Amygdaloid: Amygdaloid refers to almond, either in shape or form.

Amylacea: Amylacea refers to starch.

Anaesthesia: Anaesthesia refers to loss of sensation, a chemical to make a person unconscious.

Analgesia: Analgesia refers to insensibility to pain.

Anastomosis: Anastomosis refers to the end-to-end continuity of 2 vessels.

Anatomy: Anatomy refers to cutting up of a body.

Anconeus: Anconeus refers to the muscle that happens to be attached to the (lateral surface of the) olecranon.

Aneurysm: Aneurysm refers to a pathological dilatation of a blood vessel.

Angiography: Angiography refers to a picture of a blood vessel which has been injected with a dye or radiopaque material.

Anhidrosis: Anhidrosis refers to the absence of sweating.

Ankle: Ankle is the region between the leg and the foot.

Annulus: Annulus refers to the little ring.

Ansa: Ansa refers to a handle or loop which is applicable to nerves.

Anserinus: Anserinus refers to something like a goose.

Antagonist: Antagonist refers to a particular muscle which may oppose an agonist.

Anteflexion: Anteflexion refers to the anterior angulation between the