A Dictionary of Human Anatomy: Skeletal System
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Informative presentation of the origin and meaning of the words of the human skeletal system.
Joel E. Holloway, M.D.
Joel Ellis Holloway is a Doctor of Pharmacy, a Doctor of Medicine, a Board Certified Dermatologist, and an 8th Degree Black Belt in Judo with a Doctor of Martial Arts degree.
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A Dictionary of Human Anatomy - Joel E. Holloway, M.D.
A DICTIONARY OF HUMAN ANATOMY
SKELETAL SYSTEM
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ACCESSARY BONES, a named bone that has failed to fuse, giving the appearance of a separate bone on x-ray.
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ACETABULUM, Latin for a shallow vinegar vessel or cup.
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ACROMIOCLAVICULAR ARTICULATION, for the joint between the acromion process (see) and the clavical (see). Articulation, from Latin articulatio, jointed structured, division into joints.
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ACROMION PROCESS, shoulder tip, from Greek, ακρον, akron, tip and ωμος, omos, shoulder.
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ALBRECHT’S BONE, for Karl M.P. Albrecht (1851-1894), a German anatomist.
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ALVEOLAR BONE, a diminutive of the Latin, alveus, a trough, tub or cavity.
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ALVEOLAR SUPPORTING BONE, bone that surrounds and supports the roots of the teeth.
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ANULUS TYMPANICUS, the tympanic bone, anulua, Latin for a ring or circle shaped structure and tympanicus, from Greek, τυμπανον, tympanon, a kettle drum.
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ARCUATE LINE, from Latin, arcuatus, bowed, a curvature.
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ARTICULATION, from Latin, articulatio, the place of union, usually moveable, between two bones (sse joint).
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ASTRAGALUS, from Greek, αστραγαλος, astragalos, a die. Another name for the tarsal bone.
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ATLAS, for Atlas (Ατλας), the Titan of Greek mythology who held the earth on his shoulders.
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AXIS, from Latin, axel, axis.
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BASILAR BONE, relating to the base, for the base of the occipital bone. It is free from the condylic parts until about age five. Also called the basioccipital bone.
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BASIOCCIPITAL BONE, see Basilar Bone.
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BERTIN’S BONE, for Exupere J. Bertin (1712-1781)
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BRESCHET’S BONES, for Gilbert Breschet (1784-1845), a French anatomist.
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BULLA, Latin for a bubble, a bleb.
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CALCANEAL BONE, relating to the calcaneus or calcaneum, Latin for the heel.
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CAPITATE BONE, from Latin, caput, the head.
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CAPITULUM, Latin for a small head.
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CARPAL BONES, from Latin, carpus, the wrist.
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CERVICAL VERTEBRAE, from Latin, cervix, the neck and Latin, vertebrae, a joint in the body, one of the joints making up the spine. It is used in anatomy to indicate the bony segments of the spine .
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CLAVICLE, from Latin, clavis, a door key, also a bar for turning a press.
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COCCYGEAL VERTEBRA, from Greek, κοκκυξ, kokkus, the Greek name for this bone, it also means a cockoo, among other meanings and vertebra, Latin for a joint in the body, a joint in the spine. In anatomy it is used to indicate the bony part of the spine.
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COCCYX, from Greek, κοκκυξ, kokkux, the Greek name for this bone, it also mean a cuckoo, among other meanings.
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CONCHA, Latin for a sea shell.
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CONDYLE, from Greek, κονδυλος, kondulos, a knuckle, used for the rounded articular surface at the extremety of a bone.
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CONOID TUBERCLE, conoid is the same as coracoid (see), tubercle is a diminutive of the Latin, tuber, a swelling.
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CORACOID PROCESS, like a crow’s crow’s beak, from Greek, κορακωδης, korakodes, like a crow’s beak.
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COXAL BONE, from Latin, coxa, hip.
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CRANIUM, from Medieval Latin in turn from German, kranion, skull.
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CRIBRIFORM, Latin for having the form of a sieve.
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CRISTA COLLI COSTAE, Latin for crest of the hill of a rib, for the sharp upper margin of a rib.
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CRISTA CONCHALIS, Latin for the crest of the concha, for theridge on the nasal surface of the body of themaxilla that joins the inferior nasal concha.
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CRISTA DENTALIS, Latin for the dental crest.
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CRISTA ETHMOIDALIS, Latin for the ethmoid crest, a ridge on the upper part of the nasal surface of the frontal process of the maxilla that joins with the anterior portion of the middle turbinate.
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CRISTA