Glossary of Anatomical Terms
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- abduct
- to draw away from the median line or axis
- adduct
- to draw toward the median line or axis
- affernet
- nerve fiber or blood vessel that "carries toward" a structure or organ
- efferent
- nerve fiber or blood vessel that "carries away" from a structure or organ prominence on the side of a bone's distal end above the condyles, for muscle attachment
- alveolus
- pit, sac, or socket; "a hollow"
- articulate
- a joining as in a joint, to bind or make tight
- bifurcate
- to divide into two branches, "fork"
- canal
- tubular channel comprised of the same tissue through which it travels
- condyle
- knob or rounded eminence that articulates with another bone
- crista
- narrow projecting ridge of a bone; "crest"
- fissure
- narrow opening or slit in a bone
- foramen
- opening or hole in a bone or membrane; "door"
- fossa
- shallow longitudinal depression of a surface; "pit"
- head
- round portion of the proximal end of a bone that articulates with another bone
- meatus
- canal or passageway through a bone or organ
- parietal
- referring to the perimeter of the body or of a cavity; "wall"
- process
- prominence of a bone that projects from the main mass
- sinus
- hollow cavity, passage, or recess in a bone or vessel
- spin
- bony process that is sharp and narrow
- trochanter
- one of two bony processes of the femur for muscle attachment
- tubercle
- small, knobby prominence on a bone
- tuberosity
- roughened, large prominence on a bone for muscle attachment
- viscera
- referring to internal organs or viscera
- vascular
- having a blood supply; "vessels"