hypostome

(anatomy) Any of certain mouth appendages of some insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and hydrozoa; in particular:

The ventral mouthpart plate in trilobites;

The barbed attachment structure associated with the mouthparts of parasitic arachnids (e.g. ticks);

The oral tip surrounded by tentacles in hydrozoan cnidarians.

This mode of attachment and support of the hypostome in proparian trilobites is also shown by Öpik's work (1938, and references) and by Whittington (1941b, p. 514-517) and Evitt and Whittington (1953).

1953, H. B. Whittington, W. R. Evitt, Memoir 59: Silicified Middle Ordovician Trilobites, Geological Society of America, page 20:

2012, Georgia E. Lesh-Laurie, Chapter 5. Expression and Maintenance of Organismic Polarity, Allison L. Burnett (editor), Biology of Hydra, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (Academic Press), pages 160-161,
As a result or these interactions, the presence of a hypostome inhibits the formation of another hypostome nearby. Removal of the hypostome causes the level of inhibition to fall; regeneration of it restores this level (Webster, 1966).

The polyps of the two observed populations of Alatina cf. moseri showed no distinct differences.[…]The body of the polyp is divided into three parts: the hypostome, the calyx and a stalk region. The latter includes a basal disc and a tiny periderm beaker enveloping the pedal region. The hypostome of polyps of both populations was four-lipped (Fig. 5.33F and G), balloon-shaped and ~14%–15% of the total body length (TBL). It was not completely contractible into the body.

2020, Fatma El-Bawab, Invertebrate Embryology and Reproduction, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 251:

Figure 7.4 Argas persicus^([fowl tick])[…](b) Hypostome of larval stage. The toothed hypostome is easily visible in the larval stage.

2022, Alan Gunn, Sarah J. Pitt, Parasitology: An Integrated Approach, 2nd edition, Wiley, page 191:


mesopodial

en-adj

mesopodial (comparative more mesopodial, superlative most mesopodial)

more mesopodial (comparative)
most mesopodial (superlative)

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mesopodialia (the bones of the carpus and tarsus)


mesopodialia

(anatomy) The bones of the carpus and tarsus.


neostriatum

(anatomy) That part of the corpus striatum that is more recently developed


corpus striatum

en-noun

corpus striatum (plural corpora striata)

(neuroanatomy) The striated mass of white and grey matter in front of the thalamus on each side of the brain


neuraxis

/ˈnjʊəɹˌæksɪs/

central nervous system
central nervous system#English

(anatomy, medicine, usually) Synonym of central nervous system.

The picture revealed by spinal tap was one of an acute polyneuritis, but a polyneuritis of a most exceptional type: not like Guillian–Barré syndrome, with its overwhelming motor involvement, but a purely (or almost purely) sensory neuritis, affecting the sensory roots of spinal and cranial nerves throughout the neuraxis.

1984, Oliver Sacks, “The Disembodied Lady”, chapter 3 in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Reset 2007), page 51

(anatomy, embryology, medicine, sometimes) A subset of the central nervous system: i.e., the spinal cord, rhombencephalon, mesencephalon and diencephalon.


neurocranium

Holonyms: skull, cranium < head < body

(anatomy) The part of the skull that encloses the brain.

neurocrani

anatomy: the part of the skull that encloses the brain


otoconium

A Latinised adaptation (taking the form of a Latin second-declension neuter noun in the nominative case, as if from a Latin *ōtoconium) of the French otoconie (whence otocony, otokony), itself formed from the Ancient Greek οὖς, ὠτ- (oûs, ōt-, “ot-; ear”) + κονία (konía, “dust”).


supranuclear

(anatomy) Above the level of the motor neurons


isocortex

(anatomy) The major part of the cerebral cortex


frontotemporal

/ˌfɹʌntəʊˈtɛmpəɹəl/

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the frontal and temporal bones or lobes


splenium

Borrowed from Latin splēnium (“plaster, patch”), from Ancient Greek σπληνῐ́ον (splēnĭ́on, “pad or compress of linen”).

(anatomy, neurology) The thick posterior part of the corpus callosum of the brain.


subarachnoid

After an internal examination he found that "the cause of death was craniocerebral injury with subarachnoid hemorrhage […]."

1988 May 19, Jack Clark, “Touch of Death”, in Chicago Reader, volume 17, number 31, archived from the original on 2021-07-23:

(anatomy, relational) Located or occurring below the arachnoid mater, often specifically between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater.


neurofibril

(anatomy) Any of a group of microscopic fibrils through the body of a neuron that extend into the axon and dendrites

néaraifibril

anatomy:any of a group of microscopic fibrils through the body of a neuron


pial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pia or pia mater.


cribriform plate

en-noun

cribriform plate (plural cribriform plates)

(anatomy) In the human skull, a sieve-like region of the ethmoid bone (which separates the nasal cavity from the brain).


posteromedial

(anatomy) In the back and near the midline


aspiny

en-adj

aspiny (comparative more aspiny, superlative most aspiny)

more aspiny (comparative)
most aspiny (superlative)

(anatomy) Lacking spines (“sharp protrusions”)


venular

Arteriolar and venular patterning in retinas of mice selectively expressing VEGF isoforms .

2009 February 26, Akiko Mammoto et al., “A mechanosensitive transcriptional mechanism that controls angiogenesis”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7233, →DOI, pages 1103–1108:


buccolingual

/ˌbʌkoʊˈlɪŋɡwəl/

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cheek and the tongue.


xiphisternum

en-noun

xiphisternum (plural xiphisterna or xiphisternums)

xiphisterna (plural)
xiphisternums (plural)

Ancient Greek ξίφος (xíphos, “sword”) + English -i- (in place of the etymologically consistent -o-) + English sternum

Hence the spaces between the forks of the hyposternum and between the hypo- and xiphisternums are relatively much smaller, and the external process of the hyposternum is twice as broad as in the common Cock.

1866, W. K. Parker, “On the Osteology of Gallinaceous Birds and Tinamous”, in Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, Volume 5, Zoological Society of London, page 165:

1887, "Skeleton", entry in The Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 22, 9th Edition, page 113,
The xiphisternum may assume various forms, but attains its maximum development in Birds, where it forms the part of the sternum posterior to the attachment of the ribs, and may consist of a median and four lateral processes, as in the Fowl. It bears the greater part of the keel.

Unfixed cartilage was studied. It was isolated from the xiphisterna of female Sprague-Dawley rats (150-200 g body weight) killed by cervical fracture. The xiphisternum was removed immediately at its point of attachment to the sternal column.

1968, The Histochemical Journal, Volume 2, page 425:

Again, the distance between the umbilicus and the xiphisternum is divided into three equal parts, corresponding to 28, 32, and 36 weeks. At 36 weeks, the fundus is at the level of the xiphisternum.

2015, Lakshmi Seshadri, Gita Arjun, Essentials of Obstetrics, Wolters Kluwer, page 107:

(biology, anatomy, medicine) Synonym of xiphoid process.


gastrovascular

(anatomy) That has both a digestive and a circulatory function.

béledényrendszer

with a digestive and a circulatory function


lemniscal

(anatomy) Describing a sensory pathway that conducts impulses of touch etc to the cortex


suspensory ligament

suspensory ligament (plural suspensory ligaments)

Kavanagh said a scan yesterday detected a small tear in Maldivian's near side suspensory ligament.

2009 February 20, Tim Habel, “Theseo rules market”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 2009-02-21:

(anatomy) A ligament or similar tissue suspending a bodily organ.


suspensory

[…] Rubijon, also on the comeback trail after a flexor tendon and suspensory injury.

2009 January 20, Adrian Dunn, “El of a love affair continues”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 2009-01-20:

Something that suspends.
(anatomy) The suspensory ligament.

Something that suspends.
The suspensory ligament.


paralemniscal

(anatomy) Describing a sensory pathway, parallel to the lemniscal pathway, that conducts impulses of touch etc to the region of the cortex.


postzygapophyseal

(anatomy) Relating to the postzygapophysis


pretectum

(neuroanatomy) A region of neurons between the thalamus and the midbrain.


prezygapophyseal

(anatomy) Situated in front of the zygapophyseal joint.


cancellus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cancellus (“little crab”). Doublet of chancel.

ubor

(anatomy) One of the interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, especially in their articular extremities.


pronephros

en-noun

pronephros (plural pronephroi or pronephroses)

pronephroi (plural)
pronephroses (plural)

(anatomy) A primitive kidney in the lamprey and similar animals, and in other vertebrate embryos


proximodistal

Anatomical terms of location#Proximal and distal (general case)

(anatomy) Running from the center of the body out towards the distal ends of appendages.

(anatomy) Running from the center of a local structure out towards the distal ends of that structure.


lacrimal gland

(anatomy, ophthalmology) Either of a pair of almond-shaped glands, one for each eye, that secrete the aqueous layer of the tear film.


hippocampocortical

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the hippocampus and the cortex.


postsynapse

(anatomy) The cell to which a synapse sends a signal


pudendal

From Latin pudendum (“external genitals, shaming”) + -al.

uder

Ms. Mate’s symptoms responded to another approach — two treatments to inhibit firing of the pudendal nerve, which enervates the lowest muscles of the pelvis, plus regular use of an anticonvulsant drug.

2008 January 29, Jane E. Brody, “New Insights Into Genital Pain in Women”, in New York Times:

(anatomy) Relating to or near the pudendum.


retinocollicular

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or connecting the retina and the midbrain colliculus


retinogeniculate

Severe disruptions in the visual cortex was^([sic]) also observed when disrupting cholinergic retinal waves in ephrin double knockout (ephrin-A2/A5) mice, thus highlighting the importance of neural activity and ephrin-As acting together to control retinogeniculate and retinocortical patterning in normal development.

2015 October 10, “Rapid Changes in Cortical and Subcortical Brain Regions after Early Bilateral Enucleation in the Mouse”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or connecting the retina and the geniculate ganglion.


retro-orbital

(anatomy) Situated behind the orbit or the eye.


alveus

Borrowed from Latin alveus (“hollow trough-shaped vessel, trough, bath tub, hull, hold, ship, boat, channel or bed (of a river or trench), beehive”). First attested in the late 17th century in an earlier sense.

bor

(neuroanatomy) A thin layer of medullary nerve fibers on the ventricular surface of the hippocampus.


sectorial

en-adj

sectorial (comparative more sectorial, superlative most sectorial)

more sectorial (comparative)
most sectorial (superlative)


stylion

(anatomy) The styloid process of the radius bone


subscapularis

A strain is a catch-all term for a tear, and Posada’s is located in the subscapularis muscle.

2008 April 15, Tyler Kepner, “Chamberlain Leaves Yanks to Join His Ill Father”, in New York Times:

(anatomy) A certain large, triangular muscle near the shoulder that plays a key role in rotating the arm


intraluminal

From intra- + luminal or intra- + lumen + -al.


mammillothalamic

(anatomy) Of, or pertaining to, the mammillary body and thalamus.

mamilotalámico

of or pertaining to the mammillary body and the thalamus


protofibril

(anatomy) An elongated cluster of cells that grows into a fibril.


gross anatomy

The old joke about gross anatomy is that it is not only gross (macroscopic) but also often gross (revolting).

(anatomy) The study of large-scale anatomy, especially that which may be seen by the unaided eye (macroscopic features).


long bone

(anatomy) Any of the relatively slender bones of the upper and lower extremities.


stomodeum

en-noun

stomodeum (plural stomodea or (uncommon) stomodeums)

stomodea (plural)
stomodeums (plural uncommon)
stomatodaeum (alternative)
stomatodeum (alternative)
stomodaeum (alternative)
stomodæum (alternative)

From Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) + a latinized and nominalized form of Ancient Greek ὁδαῖος (hodaîos, “on the way”). Compare proctodeum, urodeum, coprodeum, and phallodeum.

m+

(anatomy) A depression on the ectoderm of a developing embryo that becomes the mouth.


subchelate

en-adj

subchelate (comparative more subchelate, superlative most subchelate)

more subchelate (comparative)
most subchelate (superlative)

(anatomy) Describing a short or stubby chelate appendage


subepithelium

(anatomy) The layer immediately under the epithelium


subpallium

The pallium (and especially the archipallium) are more sensitive to the absence of olfactory morphogenetic influences than the subpallium.

1976, P. Clairambault, “33: Development of the Prosencephalon”, in R. Llinás, W. Precht, editors, Frog Neurobiology, Springer, page 941:

2017, C. Watson, A. Mitchelle, L. Puelles, 2.02: A New Mammalian Brain Ontology Based on Developmental Gene Expression, Georg F. Striedter (volume editor), Jon H. Kaas (editor-in-chief), Evolution of Nervous Systems, Volume 1, 2nd Edition, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 60,
The pallium is initially separated from the subpallium on account of its differential molecular identity, which causes pallial neurons to the glutamatergic as a rule, whereas subpallial neurons are GABAergic in various peptidergic flavors, depending on the precise origins (Stühmer et al.,2002).

Channeling of TCAs^([thalamocortical axons]) into the subpallium also relies on early axonal projections between the prethalamus and the subpallium (Feng et al., 2016).

2020, Franck Bielle, Sonia Garel, “20: Neuronal migration of guidepost cells”, in Bin Chen, Kenneth Y. Kwan, editors, Cellular Migration and Formation of Axons and Dendrites, 2nd edition, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 445:

(anatomy, neuroanatomy, biology, neurobiology) A layer of the cerebrum below the pallium.


subthalamic

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the subthalamus


subthalamus

(anatomy) Part of the diencephalon beneath the thalamus.

腹側丘腦 /腹侧丘脑

part of the diencephalon beneath the thalamus


subventricular

(anatomy) Describing the part of the adult mammalian brain containing the neural stem cells


oculomotor nerve

en-noun

oculomotor nerve (plural oculomotor nerves)

(neuroanatomy) The third of twelve paired cranial nerves, which controls most of the eye's movements and constriction of the pupil and maintains an open eyelid.

動眼神經 /动眼神经

the third of twelve paired cranial nerves


mandibulary

From Late Latin mandibula (“a jaw”) + -ary.

(anatomy, relational, archaic) Synonym of mandibular.


thalamocortical

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the thalamus and the cerebral cortex.

talamokortikaalinen

relating to the thalamus and the cerebral cortex


seminal vesicle

seminal vesicle (plural seminal vesicles)

Billy made a noise like a small, rusty hinge. He had just emptied his seminal vesicles into Valencia […]

1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 5, in Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, published 2005, page 151:

(anatomy) One of two simple tubular glands located behind the male urinary bladder, responsible for the production of about sixty percent of the fluid that ultimately becomes semen.


end piece

(anatomy) The axoneme on the flagella of a spermatozoon.


midbody

(anatomy) The middle of the body; the trunk


UBC

unipolar brush cell
w:unipolar brush cell

(neuroanatomy) Initialism of unipolar brush cell.


efferent duct

(anatomy) A structure connecting the rete testis with the initial section of the epididymis.


anteroventral

en-adj

anteroventral (comparative more anteroventral, superlative most anteroventral)

more anteroventral (comparative)
most anteroventral (superlative)

The histial ridge of the heteromorphs is comparatively wide, especially in the anteroventral part, and forms a wide, open cavity —the histial dolon.

1971, Oleg Stepanovich Vi︠a︡lov, Fossil Ostracoda, page 15:

(anatomy) Relating to the underside of the front of the head.

ântero-ventral

relating to the underside of the front of the head


antorbital

antorbital (comparative more antorbital, superlative most antorbital)

more antorbital (comparative)
most antorbital (superlative)

(anatomy) Situated to the front of the orbit of the eye

antorbital

situated to the front of the orbit of the eye


neuromuscular junction

en-noun

neuromuscular junction (plural neuromuscular junctions)

(anatomy) The synapse of the axon terminal of a motoneuron with muscle.


caudodorsal

en-adj

caudodorsal (comparative more caudodorsal, superlative most caudodorsal)

more caudodorsal (comparative)
most caudodorsal (superlative)


caudodorsally

en-adv

caudodorsally (comparative more caudodorsally, superlative most caudodorsally)

more caudodorsally (comparative)
most caudodorsally (superlative)


cerebrocortical

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex

cerebrocorticale

Of, or pertaining to the cerebral cortex


coronoid

(anatomy) Shaped like the beak of a crow.


coronoid

(anatomy) A slender bone that forms part of the lower jaw of primitive vertebrates.


deltopectoral

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to both the deltoid muscle and the pectoralis major.


meseraic

en-adj

meseraic (comparative more meseraic, superlative most meseraic)

more meseraic (comparative)
most meseraic (superlative)
meseraick (alternative)

From Late Latin meseraicus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek μεσαραϊκός (mesaraïkós) (in Galen), from μεσάραιον (mesáraion, “mesaraeum”).

Blood is a hot, sweet, temperate, red humour, prepared in the meseraic veins, and made of the most temperate parts of the chylus in the liver […].


meseraic

meseraics (plural)
meseraick (alternative)

it entreth not the veins with those electuaries, wherein it is mixed: but taketh leave of the permeant parts, at the mouths of the Meseraicks, or Lacteal Vessels, and accompanieth the inconvertible portion unto the siege.

1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5:


epaxial

(anatomy) Located above and behind an axis (typically a midline)


fibroreticular

(anatomy) Consisting of a network of fibres.


ALL

en-noun

ALL (countable and uncountable, plural ALLs)

anterolateral ligament
anterolateral ligament#English

(anatomy) Initialism of anterolateral ligament.


intercondylar

the intercondylar fossa or notch of the femur


intraparietal

(anatomy) Within the wall of part of the body, especially within the parietal region of the brain.


perisylvian

(anatomy) Around the sylvian fissure in the cerebral cortex


postpubis

(anatomy) The posterior part of the pubis


premaxilla

premaxilla (plural premaxillas or premaxillae)

premaxillas (plural)
premaxillae (plural)

(anatomy) Either of a pair of bones in front of the maxillary bones in the upper vertebrate jaw


preorbital

(anatomy) Situated in front of the orbit.


rostrodorsal

(anatomy) Near the back of the beak or of any beak-like projection


surangular

en-adj

surangular (comparative more surangular, superlative most surangular)

more surangular (comparative)
most surangular (superlative)

(anatomy) Above the angular bone; supra-angular


surangular

(anatomy) A bone of the lower jaw in many reptiles and birds.


arteriolar

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an arteriole.


glans clitoridis

en-noun

glans clitoridis (plural glandes clitoridis)

glandes clitoridis (plural)
glans clitoris (alternative misconstruction)

Directly from Latin glans clitoridis (“glans of the clitoris”), clitoridis being a genitive.

der

Coordinate term: glans penis


clitoral glans

en-noun

clitoral glans (plural clitoral glandes or (rare) clitoral glans)

clitoral glandes (plural)
clitoral glans (plural rare)

(anatomy) An external part of the clitoris covered by the clitoral hood.


carpale

From New Latin ōs carpāle, from Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).

[…] this being the case the bone in question contains at any rate the centrale, and I see no reason why the carpale 2 should have quite disappeared.

1891, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, page 201:

This indicates that the pisiform is really a secondary component which became the carpale during phylogenesis.

1973, Radomír Čihák, Ontogenesis of the skeleton and intrinsic muscles of the human hand and foot, page 36:

The dorsal interossei are sometimes found to originate more proximal at the base of the metacarpals or even at the carpalia.

2012, Jin Bo Tang, Peter C. Amadio, Jean Claude Guimberteau, Tendon Surgery of the Hand, page 10:

(anatomy) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus, especially one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.


morphoanatomy

(botany, anatomy) The study of anatomical forms and structures with emphasis on characteristics useful in distinguishing the species.


perineal raphe

(anatomy) The visible line that extends from the anus, through the mid-line of the scrotum and upwards through the posterior mid-line aspect of the penis


posterodorsal

(anatomy) Relating to the back of the upper surface of an organ etc


rascette

rascettes (plural)
rascetta (alternative)

From Middle French rachette, rascette, from Late Latin racheta, rasceta (“wrist, ankle”), diminutive of rasca, from Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa, “palm of the hand”).


leptomeningeal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the leptomeninges


leptomeninges

(anatomy) The innermost layers of the meninges; the pia mater and the arachnoid


blood-brain barrier

en-noun

blood-brain barrier (plural blood-brain barriers)

The brain and spinal cord are insulated by a tight cellular seal called the blood-brain barrier that prevents foreign chemicals from easily getting into the brain.

2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 147:

It’s estimated only 0.1% of antibodies circulating in the bloodstream enter the brain – this also includes the therapeutic antibodies currently used in clinical trials. An approach my team is taking is to use ultrasound to temporarily open the blood-brain barrier, which increases the uptake of Alzheimer’s drugs or antibody fragments.

2018 January 18, Jürgen Götz, “Why it’s so hard to treat dementia”, in CNN:

(anatomy) A structure in the central nervous system (CNS) that keeps various substances found in the bloodstream out of the brain while allowing in the substances essential to metabolic function, e.g. oxygen.


hematoencephalic

(anatomy) Pertaining to the interface between bloodstream and the brain.


plastination

plastination (usually uncountable, plural plastinations)

(anatomy) A technique for preserving bodies or body parts by replacing the water and fat with certain plastics.


mastology

(anatomy, pathology) The study of breasts.


ileocaecal

ileocaecal fold

The images of food plopping into the stomach, passing through the pyloric sphincter into the small intestine and then squirting through the ileocaecal valve are eerie and astounding; they may not be for everyone, but if you want reality, it doesn’t get any more real than this.

2007 September 15, Mike Hale, “A Voyage From Head to Toe (Strong Stomachs Needed)”, in New York Times:

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the connection between the final segment of the small intestine (ileum) and large intestine (colon).


hypertelorism

hypertelorism (countable and uncountable, plural hypertelorisms)

(anatomy) An abnormally increased distance between two organs or body parts, usually the eyes.


hypospadias

hypospadias (countable and uncountable, plural hypospadiases)

From Ancient Greek ὑποσπαδίᾱς (hupospadíās, “one who has the orifice of the urethra too low”).

der

This condition, hypospadias, may be examined ad stuporem in the hundreds of photographs of Hugh Hampton Young's pioneering text, Genital Abnormalities, Hermaphroditism, and Related Adrenal Diseases (1937).

At the same time, they corrected Jack’s hypospadias, a condition that meant his urethra opened at the base of his penis, moving it further up so he could pee more like a boy.

2016 July 2, Jenny Kleeman, The Guardian:

(anatomy) A congenital condition in males in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside of the penis.


hepatorenal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the liver and the kidneys

epatorenale

of or pertaining to the liver and the kidneys


ginglymus

/ˈɡɪŋɡlɪməs/

/ˈdʒɪŋɡlɪməs/

From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek γίγγλυμος (gínglumos, “hinge”).

The Bones of the Fingers are articulated by Ginglymus, and are fifteen in each Hand.

1702, de La Vauguion, A Compleat Body of Chirurgical Operations, Containing The Whole Practice of Surgery, 2nd edition, page 408:

The Ginglymus is, when a Bone receives and is received; and the Property of this Sort of Articulation is to admit only of the Motions of the Flexion and Extension: It is called by Tradesmen Charnall, and it is commonly used in Hinges.

1723, James Keill, The Anatomy of the Human Body Abridg'd, or A Short and full View of all the Parts of the Body, 7th edition, pages 224–225:


interpupillary

In connexion with a somewhat extensive research into the state of refraction, visual acuity, and interpupillary distance in the girls of a school in Heidelberg, Beselin (Arch. f. Augenh., xiv. 2) gives the following results with reference to the dynamic relations of the muscles […]

1884, “The Dynamic State of the Lateral Ocular Muscles in Girls from 5 to 18 years of age”, in Edinburgh Medical Journal, volume 30, page 481:

I use a Bausch and Lomb Interpupillary Distance Gauge, which will give give^([sic]) the correct interpupillary distances for distance, intermediate, and close visions.

1921 June 7, John A. Spengler, “Advantages of trifocal lenses and reasons why they should be worn”, in American Journal of Ophthalmology, volume 4, number 6, page 405:

The eyepiece tubes are adjusted for the correct interpupillary distance, that is, the distance between the pupils of one's eyes.

2001, B. L. Bramfitt, Metallographer's Guide: Practice and Procedures for Irons and Steels, page 123:

(anatomy) Between the pupils of the eyes.


intrahepatic

/ˌɪntɹəhəˈpætɪk/


caudothalamic

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or connecting the caudate nucleus and the thalamus


genioglossus

genioglossi (plural)
geniohyoglossus (alternative)

/d͡ʒɪˌnʌɪ.əˈɡlɒs.əs/

Borrowed from New Latin genīoglōssus, clipping of musculus genīoglōssus (“genioglossal muscle”).

clipping

(anatomy) A flat, fan-shaped muscle that originates from the superior mental spine and inserts onto the undersurface of the tongue and onto the hyoid bone, acting mainly to extend, protrude or depress the tongue.


oropharynx

en-noun

oropharynx (plural oropharynxes or oropharynges)

oropharynxes (plural)
oropharynges (plural)
oro-pharynx (alternative)

He snaked the flexible endoscope into the patient’s nose, through the oropharynx and then down his throat.

2007 May 6, Lisa Sanders, M.D., “A Nervous Case”, in New York Times:

(anatomy) The oral part of the pharynx, reaching from the uvula to the level of the hyoid bone.


hypogastric

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium.


infundibulopelvic

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the infundibulum and the pelvis.

infundibulopelviano

of or pertaining to the infundibulum and the pelvis


jejeunum

(anatomy) Alternative spelling of jejunum.


maxilloorbital

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the jaw and the orbits of the eyes


myometrium

From myo- + Late Latin metrium (“womb”), from Ancient Greek μήτριον (mḗtrion, “of a mother”).

der

(anatomy) The smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus.


neuraxial

From neuraxis + -al. By surface analysis, neur- + axial.

CNS

in adjunctive position, as for example in CNS neuropathy or CNS dysfunction

central nervous system
central nervous system#Noun

(anatomy, medicine) Of or pertaining to the neuraxis, as:

(anatomy, medicine) Of or pertaining to the central nervous system.

(anatomy, medicine) Of or pertaining to a certain embryologic subset of the central nervous system.


vocalis

Borrowed from Latin vōcālis (“sounding, vocal”), clipping of mūsculus vōcālis (“vocal muscle”). Doublet of vocal and vowel.

clipping

thyroarytenoid muscle
thyroarytenoid muscle

(anatomy) A triangular band of muscle that is the medial part of the thyroarytenoid muscle, originates in the lamina of the thyroid cartilage, and inserts into the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage; it lies parallel with the vocal ligament to which it is adherent and modulates the tension of the true vocal cords.


oesophagogastric

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the oesophagus and the stomach.


parametrial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the parametrium


parametrium

(anatomy) All the connective tissue of the female pelvic floor.


retrolental

(anatomy) Situated behind a lens (of the eye).


sternocleid

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the clavicle


ependyma

From Ancient Greek ἐπένδυμα (epénduma), "upper garment", from ἐπενδύνω (ependúnō, “I put on over”) + -μα (-ma, noun suffix), from ἐπι- (epi-, “on, over”) + ἐνδύνω (endúnō, “I put on (clothes)”).

af

(anatomy) The thin membrane of glial cells lining the ventricles of the brain and the central canal of the spinal cord.


thoracoabdominal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the thorax and the abdomen


visceroparietal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the viscera and the wall of the abdomen.


buccinator

en-noun

buccinator (plural buccinators or buccinatores)

buccinators (plural)
buccinatores (plural)
bucinator (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin buccinātor (“trumpeter”), from buccinō (“blow the trumpet”) + -tor (“-ator, -er”).

af

Until now there has been no definitive anatomical study describing the area where the parotid duct enters the buccinator muscle.

What a language it is, with all the organs of speech in loud concert - tongue, teeth, and tonsils, lips and larynx, buccinator and schnozzola!

1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 109:

(anatomy) A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.


nephrogenic

(medicine, anatomy) that forms the tissues of the kidney


maxillo-

(anatomy) Of or relating to the maxilla (jaw).


abducens nerve

abducens nerves (plural)
abducent nerve (alternative)
abducens (alternative)

From New Latin nervus abdūcēns (“nerve leading away”).

der

(neuroanatomy) Each of the sixth pair of cranial nerves that are the motor nerves supplying the lateral rectus in the eye.


tergite

From Latin tergum (“back(side)”), + -ite.

(anatomy) The dorsal portion of an articulate animal's arthromere or somite.


McBurney's point

en-noun

McBurney's point (plural McBurney's points)

Named for Charles McBurney, American surgeon who described the point.

(anatomy) A point of the skin one-third of the distance from the ASIS to the umbilicus, which corresponds to the most common location of the base of the appendix.


splenorenal

splenorenal ligament

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the spleen and kidneys.

splenorenale

of or pertaining to the spleen and the kidneys


ventromedially

en-adv

ventromedially (comparative more ventromedially, superlative most ventromedially)

more ventromedially (comparative)
most ventromedially (superlative)


pterygial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pterygium


pelve

Calcium phosphate may form gravel and small calculi in the pelve of the kidney; the calculi are smooth and facetted, and of various de grees of hardness.

1887, Ernst Ziegler, Sir Donald MacAlister, A Text-book of Pathological Anatomy and Pathogenesis:

The pregnancy had reached term. The fetal head was plunged in the pelve for a greater part; the back was found in the left part of the womans abdomen; heart-beats were not heard.

1947, Gynaecologia - Volumes 123-124, page 59:

The pubis was often chopped off from the pelve at Wardell (Pl. 7e, f), a method which was rarely used at Glenrock. The reason is unclear, although it may have been done to break the connection between the pelves at the pubis symphysis.

The pelve is wider, and so is its pelvic inlet bone.

2018, Gloria H. Giroux, Crucifixion Thorn: Volume Two of the Arizona Trilogy, →ISBN:


saccular

(anatomy) Having the form of a series of sacs or pouches; sacculate.


jejunal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the jejunum


extrapancreatic

(anatomy, medicine) Originating outside of the pancreas


epithelial duct

en-noun

epithelial duct (plural epithelial ducts)

(anatomy) Any duct lined with epithelium


dichoptic

(anatomy, of eyes) Widely separated near the top of the head


laryngopharynx

(anatomy) The part of the pharynx below and behind the larynx

laringofaringe

anatomy: the part of the pharynx below and behind the larynx


germinal matrix

(anatomy) A highly cellular and highly vascularized region in the brain from which cells migrate out during brain development.


webspace

The first webspace flap has been classified into 4 types based on this versatility […]

2014, Ian A. Trail, Andrew N. M. Fleming, Disorders of the Hand: Volume 1: Hand Injuries, page 159:

Digital contractures and webspace contractures of the foot are dealt with using the same principles and techniques as in the digits of the hand.

2016, David G. Greenhalgh, Burn Care for General Surgeons and General Practitioners, page 163:

Injury to the median nerve during CTR commonly involves the nerve to the third webspace, the recurrent motor branch, or the palmar cutaneous branch (seen with more radially placed incisions).

2017, Scott F. M. Duncan, Ryosuke Kakinoki, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Related Median Neuropathies:

Usually one will want to open the tip or the pad of the finger and attend to additional trimming about flexion creases and webspaces […]

2020, Terri M. Skirven, A. Lee Osterman, Jane Fedorczyk, Rehabilitation of the Hand and Upper Extremity, page 1534:

(anatomy) One of the spaces between the fingers or toes that contains a web of skin.


subpentagonal

(anatomy, botany) Having five sides, but not forming a regular pentagon

subpentagonale

having five sides, but not forming a regular pentagon


rectouterine

(anatomy) Located between the rectum and uterus.


introitus vaginæ

introitus vaginæ (plural introitus vaginæ or introitus vaginarum)

introitus vaginæ (plural)
introitus vaginarum (plural)
introitus vaginae (alternative)

ĭntrōʹĭtəs vəjīʹnē

/ɪnˈtɹəʊ.ɪtəs vəˈdʒaɪniː/

From Latin introitus vāgīnæ (“entrance of [a/the] vagina”).

bor

A great many prostitutes can contract their introitus vaginæ at will, and you will find the action of a hypertrophied ring, constrictor cunni, around the outlet of the vagina, and in a great many prostitutes you will find prolapse, too.

1909, Transactions of the Chicago Gynecological Society, W. Wood & Co., page 56:

Your women get hysterectomies, their introitus vaginae tightened, and take estrogen to begin again. I don’t know what you men do.

1978, Arnold J. Mandell, Coming of Middle Age: A Journey, Summit Books, →ISBN, page 143, →ISBN:


urinary meatus

en-noun

urinary meatus (plural urinary meatuses)

(anatomy) The external orifice of the urethra, from which urine is ejected during urination and semen is ejected during ejaculation.


cisterna chyli

(anatomy) A dilated sac at the lower end of the thoracic duct into which lymph from the intestinal trunk and two lumbar lymphatic trunks flows


bulbospongiosus

(anatomy) One of the superficial muscles of the perineum, covering the bulb of the penis in males and the vestibular bulb in females


zygomatic arch

zygomatic arch (plural zygomatic arches)

(anatomy) An arch formed by the zygomatic process of the temporal bone and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone.


zygomatic process

zygomatic process (plural zygomatic processes)

(anatomy) A protrusion from the rest of the skull, most of it belonging to the zygomatic bone, but also contributed to by the frontal bone, maxilla and temporal bone.


arthromere

From arthro- (“joint”) + -mere (“part”).

(anatomy) Any of the constitutive body segments of a jointed animal.

lichaamsgeleding

any of the constitutive body segments of a jointed animal


pars distalis

First attested in English in 1913 or prior: from scientific Latin pars distālis, from classical Latin pars (“part”) + post-classical Latin distālis (“~distant”).

(anatomy) The distal part of the adenohypophysis, which contains the majority of its hormone-secreting cells.


arboreous

The arboreous ramification of the Meditallium of the Cerebellum appearing, being cut right downwards.

1695, Humphrey Ridley, The Anatomy of the Brain Containing its Mechanism and Physiology, London: S. Smith and B. Walford, Chapter 17, figure 7:

1698, William Cowper, The Anatomy of Humane Bodies, Oxford: S. Smith and B. Walford, Table 56,
[…] [the] Internal Concave Surface [of the Placenta Uterina] next the Amnios, Appears Cover’d with the Chorion; under which the Arboreous Disposition of its Blood-Vessels are elegantly Exprest.

(obsolete, anatomy) Having a tree-like, branching structure.


mesosternum

(anatomy) The middle portion, or body, of the sternum.


scapha

From Latin scapha (“light boat; skiff”).

(anatomy) The scaphoid fossa of the helix of the ear.


abouchement

(anatomy) The point of union of two vessels.


opisthenar

From opistho- (“behind, back”) + thenar (“palm of the hand”).

prefix

Blood samples were obtained from the opisthenar vein for measurements of lactate.

1998, Koichi Okita et al., “Skeletal Muscle Metabolism Limits Capacity in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure”, in Circulation, volume 98, number 18, pages 1886–1891:

Her mother favored a multiyear project: obscenities carved in intricate and clever juxtapositions, descending every finger, curling in lettered whorls across the palm, fanning in offensive rays across the opisthenar, which is the name for the back of the hand, a word that Leilani knew because she had studied the structure of the human hand in detail, the better to understand her difference.

2001, Dean R. Koontz, One Door Away from Heaven, Random House, →ISBN, page 497:

The handstrap includes an opisthenar-surrounding strap portion (3) which attaches to a handgrip (1) by way of transmission straps (4, 5) extending under the palm and thumb.

2002, Taisto Manninen et al., "Handgrip for a Skiing, Walking or Skating Pole and Handstrap Fastened to the Same" (U.S. patent application), abstract

Seventy seconds after iodine contrast medium […] was injected at 1.0 ml/sec (total 100 ml) from^([sic]) the opisthenar vein, the whole breast was examined […]

2002, Hiroshi Nakahara et al., “Extension of Breast Cancer: Comparison of CT and MRI”, in Radiation Medicine, volume 20, number 1, page 17:

(medicine, anatomy, rare) The back of the hand.


shoulder bone

From Middle English schuldre bon; equivalent to shoulder + bone.


basal ganglion

(neuroanatomy) Any of a group of nuclei in the brain interconnected with the cerebral cortex, thalamus and brainstem.


saccule

saccules (plural)
sacculus (alternative British)

Borrowed from Latin sacculus (“a little sack or bag”), diminutive of saccus (“a bag, sack”). Doublet of sacculus.

(biology, anatomy) A small sac, pouch, or cyst.

(anatomy) The smaller of the two fluid-filled sacs forming part of the labyrinth of the inner ear (the other being the utricle). It contains a region of hair cells and otoliths which send signals to the brain concerning the orientation of the head.


microgenesis

(biology, anatomy, medicine) The condition of a body part which has developed abnormally small.


prefrontal cortex

(neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the frontal lobes of the mammalian brain, lying in front of the motor and premotor areas.

前額葉皮質 /前额叶皮质

the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain


endbrain

(neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the forebrain; the telencephalon.


myelencephalon

(neuroanatomy) The portion of the brain composed of the medulla oblongata.


lingula

From Latin lingula (“tonguelet, small unit of volume”), from lingua (“tongue”) + -ula (“-ule: forming diminutives”).

bor

(anatomy) Any of several tongue-shaped bony structures, especially that which forms the anterior border of the mandibular foramen.

(anatomy) Any small, fleshy tongue-shaped structure, such as in the anatomy of the brain or the human left lung, or in the whitefly vasiform orifice.


middle body

Buttocks, lower back, and perineum burns occur when a child's middle body is forcibly held under hot water.

2006, Julia A. McMillan et al., chapter 17, in Oski's Pediatrics, →ISBN, page 149:


antibrachium

(anatomy) Alternative spelling of antebrachium.


antebrachium

antebrachia (plural)
antibrachium (alternative)


brachium

Borrowed from Latin bracchium (“arm”). Doublet of braccio.


vestibulocochlear

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the vestibule and the cochlea in the inner ear.

前庭耳蝸的 /前庭耳蜗的

relating to the vestibule and the cochlea


arteriology

(anatomy) The branch of angiology dealing with the arteries.


arthrology

(anatomy) The branch of anatomy dealing with the joints


clinoid

From Ancient Greek κλίνη (klínē, “bed”) + -oid.

af

(anatomy) Like a bed; relating to the clinoid process.


clinoid

The lateral contributions are by the lateral cartilages, namely, the orbitosphenoid, which forms lesser wing of sphenoid, anterior clinoids, and planum sphenoidale, the alisphenoid that forms the greater wing of sphenoid and the medial pterygoid plate.

2015 August 5, Venkatesh Gokuldas Kamath et al., “Binary Logistic Regression Analysis of Foramen Magnum Dimensions for Sex Determination”, in Anatomy Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:


tarsale

(anatomy) One of the bones or cartilages of the tarsus, especially one of the series articulating with the metatarsals.


archenteron

en-noun

archenteron (plural archenterons or archentera)

archenterons (plural)
archentera (plural)

arch- from Latin archi- from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + enteron from Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “gut”).


coxal

Borrowed from Medieval Latin or Late Latin coxalis, from Latin coxa.


areole

Borrowed from French aréole, from Latin areola: a small area. Doublet of areola.


diploe

diploe (countable and uncountable, plural diploes)

From Ancient Greek διπλόη (diplóē, “literally, a fold”), noun use of feminine of διπλόος (diplóos, “double”).

uder

(anatomy) The thin layer of soft, spongy, or cancellate tissue between the bone plates which constitute the skull.


rete testis

seminiferous tubules
seminiferous tubules

(anatomy) A hilar testicular network that collects produced sperm from the seminiferous tubules, and connects with the efferent ducts.


forearm bone

(Anatomy course supervisor) And put those forearm bones away will you, we are finished with'em.

(anatomy) Either of the two bones, i.e. ulna and radius, that make up the skeletal part of the forearm.


hypothenar

en-adj

hypothenar (comparative more hypothenar, superlative most hypothenar)

more hypothenar (comparative)
most hypothenar (superlative)

/haɪˈpɒθɪnə/

From Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) + θέναρ (thénar, “palm of the hand”).

(anatomy) Of the ulnar fleshy side of the palm.

hypothenair

of the ulnar side of the palm and underlying muscles

(anatomy) Of the muscles of the little finger.


syndesmosis

He was diagnosed with syndesmosis in his left ankle, the same injury that cost Ryan Hoffman a place in last year's grand final.

2009 August 19, Russell Gould, “Storm dismisses any talk of Greg Inglis returning”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 2009-08-20:

(anatomy) A slightly movable articulation or joint where the contiguous bony surfaces are rough and are united by an interosseous ligament (e.g. between the fibula and tibia at the ankle).


enthesis

From Ancient Greek ἔνθεσις (énthesis, “putting in, insertion”).

uder

Like arthritis, peripheral enthesitis occurs predominantly in the lower extremities, particularly in the foot, at single sites at onset, and then at several entheses throughout the course of the disease.

2004, Erbil Ünsal, “Chapter II: Andersson Lesion in Early Juvenile Spondyloarthropathies”, in Frank Columbus, editor, Focus On Arthritis Research, page 26:

Functional entheses occur where tendinous and ligamentous structures, while not actually attaching to bone, are adjacent and in a close relationship to the underlying bone.

2007, Philip Helliwell, James Woodburn, The Foot And Ankle in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Comprehensive Guide, page 64:

Inflammation of the enthesis, when associated with arthritis in children, is called the syndrome of seronegative enthesopathy associated with arthritis (SEA). The entheses most commonly involved in children are the plantar aponeurosis, calcaneal enthesis, and distal and proximal patellar ligament insertions.

2010, Richard J. Wakefield, Maria Antonietta D′Agostino, Essential Applications of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Rheumatology, page 211:

(anatomy) The insertion point at which a tendon, ligament, or muscle inserts into a bone.

èntesi

point at which a tendon, etc., inserts into a bone


ethmoidal

/ɛθˈmɔɪ.dəl/

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the ethmoid bone.


lobuloalveolar

(anatomy) Pertaining to the lobules and alveoli of mammary tissue


sublamina

en-noun

sublamina (plural sublaminas or sublaminae)


tapetum

(anatomy) The pigmentary layer of the retina.


antecubital

(anatomy) Pertaining to, or situated in the anterior or inner part of the elbow (cubitus)

antecubital

pertaining to or situated in the anterior part of the elbow


retroposition

retroposition (countable and uncountable, plural retropositions)

(anatomy) backward displacement of a body part


sarcomeric

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to sarcomeres


archenteric

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an archenteron.


tuberoinfundibular

(neuroanatomy) Of or pertaining to the tuberal and infundibular regions of the brain.


trochlear nerve

trochlear nerve (plural trochlear nerves)

superior oblique muscle
superior oblique muscle

(neuroanatomy) Each of the fourth pair of cranial nerves that innervate the superior oblique muscle of the eye with motor fibers.


-zygous

(anatomy) Having a specified state of physical pairing of structures.


supraorbital

(anatomy) Located immediately above the eye sockets, where in humans the eyebrows are located.

眶上

located immediately above the eye sockets


carpometacarpus

(anatomy) The fusion of digits (carpals and metacarpals) that forms the wing in birds.


eyestalk

(anatomy) A motile stalk having an eye at the tip.


biceps femoris

biceps femoris (plural biceps femorum or biceps femoris)

biceps femorum (plural)
biceps femoris (plural)

(anatomy) The flexor of the knee, a two-headed muscle in the back of the upper leg.


superiorly

en-adv

superiorly (comparative more superiorly, superlative most superiorly)

more superiorly (comparative)
most superiorly (superlative)
superiourly (alternative)

(anatomy, medicine) above; in a superior position.


pterygopalatine

Borrowed from French ptérygo-palatin, from New Latin pterygopalātīnus, from pterygoīdēs (“winglike”) + palātīnus (“relating to the palate”); equivalent to pterygo- + palatine.

af

pterygopalatin (alternative)
pterygopalate (alternative)

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and the palatine bone.

翼顎 /翼颚

of or pertaining to the pterygoid process and the palatine bone


osseoaponeurotic

From the Latin osseus (“bone”), and Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”) plus νεῦρον (neûron, “sinew, tendon”), literally translated as "the end of the muscle where it becomes tendon".

uder

(anatomy) Pertaining to an object composed of bone and aponeurosis; at the end of a muscle where it becomes tendon.


carpometacarpal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to carpometacarpus, fusion of digits.


arachnoidian

/əɹækˈnɔɪdɪən/

1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 53 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN
Hmm, false membranes are adhering to the arachnoidian layer of the dura mater. I’m directing my gaze into a world of constant visibility. Where does it hurt?


spinothalamic

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the spinal cord and the thalamus.


perivitelline

(anatomy) Situated around (or near) the vitellus.


cauda equina

From Latin cauda equina (literally “horse's tail”), from its appearance like a horsetail.

der

The cauda equina normally begins at the level of the L1/2 disc space, distal to the conus medullaris.

2004, Walter George Bradley, Neurology in Clinical Practice: The neurological disorders, Volume 2, page 1158:

(anatomy) A bundle of nerve roots at the base of the spinal column


epiploon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίπλοον (epíploon).


atlantoaxial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the articulation of the atlas with the axis.


-tomy

From Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”).

Cutting, incision, section
(anatomy) A division.


supramarginal

The superior aspect of the supramarginal gyrus lies underneath the euryon, which corresponds to the most prominent point of the parietal tuberosity or bossa […]

2018, Guilherme Carvalhal Ribas, Applied Cranial-Cerebral Anatomy:


foveola

en-noun

foveola (plural foveolas or foveolae or foveolæ)

foveolas (plural)
foveolae (plural)
foveolæ (plural)

(anatomy) The center of the fovea in the macula of the eye, approximately 0.35 mm in diameter, containing only cone cells.


retroplacental

en-adj

retroplacental (comparative more retroplacental, superlative most retroplacental)

more retroplacental (comparative)
most retroplacental (superlative)

(anatomy) Between the placenta and myometrium


gastrocele

(anatomy) A cavity in the embryonic gastrula


bucco-

From buccal, from Latin bucca (“mouth; cheek”).

(anatomy, medicine, dentistry) buccal; related to the cheek.

(anatomy, medicine, dentistry) (rarely; historically) oral; related to the mouth, especially the oral cavity.


retropharyngeal

/ˌɹɛ.tɹəʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/

/ˌɹɛ.tɹəʊ.fa.ɹɪnˈd͡ʒiː.əl/

/ˌɹɛ.tɹəʊ.fa.ɹənˈd͡ʒiː.əl/

/ˌɹɛ.tɹoʊˌfæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/

/ˌɹɛ.tɹoʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒəl/

Mid 19th century from retro- + pharyngeal, after French rétro-pharyngien.

(anatomy, relational) Located behind the pharynx.


mesocolon

en-noun

mesocolon (plural mesocolons or mesocola)

(anatomy) The part of the mesentery that attaches the colon to the abdominal wall.

mesocolon

the part of the mesentery that attaches the colon to the abdominal wall


epicanthus

/ˌɛpɪˈkænθəs/

(anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical of East Asians.

epicant

a skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical of East Asians


adipous

Mr. Copland Hutchison remarks*, that the cellular texture connecting the adipous membrane, to the fascia or muscles, suppurates and sloughs more readily than the adipous substance itself.

1828, W. Lawrence, “Observations on the Nature and Treatment of Erysipelas”, in Medico-Chirurgical Transactions, 14 (2): 15:

(anatomy, archaic) Of or relating to adipose, the fatty tissue.


suspensorium

fish suspensorium

(anatomy) Anything that suspends or holds up a part, especially the mandibular suspensorium, a series of bones or cartilages connecting the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals


ental

en-adj

ental (comparative more ental, superlative most ental)

more ental (comparative)
most ental (superlative)

Each pleura is seen to be a closed sack, which lines the corresponding side of the thorax to form the ectal or parietal lamina, and is reflected upon the viscera to form the ental or visceral lamina

1881, Burt Green Wilder, A Guide to the Practical Work in Elementary Anatomy Etc.:

(anatomy) Relating to, or situated near, central or inside parts; inner.


optic chiasm

(neuroanatomy, anatomy) The part of the brain where the optic nerves partially cross.


occipitofrontalis

Borrowed from New Latin occipitofrontālis, clipping of mūsculus occipitofrontālis (“occipitofrontal muscle”). Doublet of occipitofrontal.

clipping

epicranial aponeurosis
epicranial aponeurosis

(anatomy) A large flat muscle on each side of the vertex of the skull, consisting of an occipital portion (arising from the occipital and temporal bones) and a frontal portion that are separated by the epicranial aponeurosis, and serving to draw the scalp backwards, raising the eyebrows and wrinkling the forehead.


occipitofrontal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the occipital and frontal bones of the skull.

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the occipitofrontalis muscle.

occipitofrontale

of or pertaining to the occipitofrontalis muscle


occipitalis

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin occipitālis, ellipsis of mūsculus occipitālis (“occipital muscle”). Doublet of occipital.

ellipsis

(anatomy) A muscle of the head that arises from the lateral two-thirds of the superior nuchal lines and from the mastoid part of the temporal bone, inserts into the galea aponeurotica, and acts to move the scalp; it is sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.


frontalis

Borrowed from New Latin frontālis, clipping of mūsculus frontālis (“frontal muscle”). Doublet of frontal.

clipping

(anatomy) A muscle of the forehead, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.


orbicularis oculi

en-noun

orbicularis oculi (plural orbiculares oculorum)

/ɔːˌbɪk.jʊˈlɑː.ɹɪs ˈɒk.jʊ.lʌɪ/

/ɔɹˌbɪk.jəˌlɛɹ.ɪs ˈɑk.jəˌlaɪ/

Borrowed from New Latin orbiculāris oculī, clipping of mūsculus orbiculāris oculī (“orbicular muscle of the eye”).

clipping

(anatomy) A muscle of the face that encircles the orbit and passes through the eyelids, serving to close the eye.


corrugator supercilii

en-noun

corrugator supercilii (plural corrugatores superciliorum)

Borrowed from New Latin corrūgātor superciliī (“wrinkler of the eyebrow”).

bor

(anatomy) A small narrow pyramidal muscle at the medial end of the eyebrow.


levator palpebrae superioris

en-noun

levator palpebrae superioris (plural levatores palpebrarum superiorum)

levatores palpebrarum superiorum (plural)

Borrowed from New Latin levātor palpebrae superiōris (“lifter of the superior eyelid”).

bor

(anatomy) A thin flat extrinsic muscle of the eye arising from the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone, passing forward and downward over the superior rectus, and inserting into the tarsal plate of the skin of the upper eyelid which it elevates.


superior rectus

superior recti (plural)
superior rectus muscle (alternative)
rectus superior (alternative)

(anatomy) The thinnest and narrowest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the superior aspect of the sclera.


inferior rectus

inferior recti (plural)
inferior rectus muscle (alternative)
rectus inferior (alternative)

(anatomy) One of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the inferior aspect of the sclera.


medial rectus

medial recti (plural)
medial rectus muscle (alternative)
rectus medialis (alternative)

(anatomy) The broadest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the medial aspect of the sclera.


lateral rectus

lateral recti (plural)
lateral rectus muscle (alternative)
rectus lateralis (alternative)

(anatomy) The longest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises by two heads from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the lateral aspect of the sclera.


superior oblique

en-noun

superior oblique (plural superior obliques)

superior oblique muscle
superior oblique muscle#English

(anatomy) Ellipsis of superior oblique muscle.


inferior oblique

inferior oblique (plural inferior obliques)

inferior oblique muscle
inferior oblique muscle#English

(anatomy) Ellipsis of inferior oblique muscle.


auricular muscle

auricular muscle (plural auricular muscles)

(anatomy) Alternative form of auricularis.


anterior auricular muscle

anterior auricular muscle (plural anterior auricular muscles)

auricularis anterior
auricularis anterior#English

(anatomy) Alternative form of auricularis anterior.


superior auricular muscle

superior auricular muscle (plural superior auricular muscles)

auricularis superior
auricularis superior#English

(anatomy) Alternative form of auricularis superior.


posterior auricular muscle

posterior auricular muscle (plural posterior auricular muscles)

auricularis posterior
auricularis posterior#English

(anatomy) Alternative form of auricularis posterior.


stapedius

Borrowed from New Latin stapedius, clipping of mūsculus stapedius (“stapedial muscle”). Doublet of stapedial.

clipping

(anatomy) A small muscle of the middle ear that arises from the wall of the tympanum and is inserted into the neck of the stapes by a tendon that sometimes contains a slender spine of bone; it is the smallest skeletal muscle in the human body, serving to stabilize the stapes to check and dampen its vibration.


tensor tympani

en-noun

tensor tympani (plural tensores tympanorum)

Borrowed from New Latin tensor tympanī (“tensor of the tympanum”).

bor

(anatomy) A small muscle of the middle ear that is located in the bony canal just above the bony part of the Eustachian tube, that arises from the canal containing it, from the cartilaginous portion of the Eustachian tube, and from the adjacent greater wing of the sphenoid bone, that is inserted by a long tendon into the manubrium of the malleus near its base, and that serves to adjust the tension of the tympanic membrane.


nasalis

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin nāsālis, ellipsis of mūsculus nāsālis (“nasal muscle”). Doublet of nasal.

ellipsis

(anatomy) A small muscle on each side of the nose that constricts the nasal aperture by the action of a triangular transverse portion which draws the lateral part of the aperture upward and a quadrangular alar portion which draws it downward.


depressor septi

en-noun

depressor septi (plural depressores septi)

depressor septi nasi
depressor septi nasi#English

(anatomy) Clipping of depressor septi nasi.


levator labii superioris alaeque nasi

levator labii superioris alaeque nasi (plural levatores labii superioris alarumque nasi)

/lɪˈveɪ.tɚ ˌleɪ.biˌaɪ sʊˌpɪɹ.iˈɔɹ.ɪs əˌliˌkwi ˈneɪˌzaɪ/

Borrowed from New Latin levātor labiī superiōris ālaeque nāsī (“lifter of the upper lip and of the wing of the nose”).

bor

(anatomy) A muscle of the face that arises from the nasal process of the maxilla, that passes downward and laterally, that divides into a part inserting into the alar cartilage and one inserting into the upper lip and that dilates the nostril and elevates the upper lip.

muscolo elevatore del labbro superiore e dell'ala del naso


latissimus dorsi

en-noun

latissimus dorsi (plural latissimi dorsi)

From Latin lātissimus (“widest, broadest”) (superlative of lātus (“wide, broad”)) + dorsī (genitive of dorsum (“the back”)).

(anatomy) A large, flat, dorsolateral muscle on the trunk, posterior to the arm, and partly covered by the trapezius on its median dorsal region.


glandiform

en-adj

glandiform (comparative more glandiform, superlative most glandiform)

more glandiform (comparative)
most glandiform (superlative)

(anatomy, botany) Shaped like, resembling, or characteristic of glands.


glandule

Borrowed from Latin glandula, from glans + -ulus.

(anatomy) A small gland or secreting vessel.


nonvertex

(anatomy, chiefly obstetrics) Not of or pertaining to the vertex.


pubococcygeus

(anatomy) A hammocklike muscle, found in both sexes, that stretches from the pubic bone to the coccyx; it controls urine flow and contracts during orgasm.


PCA

posterior cerebral artery
posterior cerebral artery#English

(anatomy) Initialism of posterior cerebral artery.


papulose

papulose (comparative more papulose, superlative most papulose)

more papulose (comparative)
most papulose (superlative)

(anatomy, botany) Having papulae; papillose


tentorium

en-noun

tentorium (plural tentoria or tentoriums)

Early 19th century: from Latin tentorium, literally ‘tent’.

Four dogs with intact tentoriums survived 6 weeks and 8 with sectioned tentoriums survived the same period of time.

1961, Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry, page 345:

(anatomy) The tentorium cerebelli, an extension of the dura mater that separates the cerebellum from the inferior portion of the occipital lobes.


utricle

utricles (plural)
utriculus (alternative)

Borrowed from French utricule or Latin ūtriculus (“a small skin or leathern bottle”), diminutive of ūter (“a bag or bottle made of an animal's hide”). Doublet of utriculus.

bor

(biology) A small cell, sac, or bladder-like protuberance in an animal or plant:

(anatomy) The larger of the two fluid-filled cavities forming part of the membranous labyrinth in the vertebrate inner ear (the other being the saccule) and into which the semicircular canals open. It contains hair cells and otoliths which send signals to the brain concerning the orientation of the head.

prostatic utricle
prostatic utricle#English

(anatomy) Clipping of prostatic utricle.


ipsilaterally

Dorsal columns carry mechanoreceptor information ipsilaterally.

(anatomy, medicine) On the same side of the body.


lissencephaly

From Ancient Greek λισσός (lissós, “smooth”) + encephal- (“brain”) + -y, from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

lissencefàlia

disorder characterized by the lack of folds and grooves of the brain

(anatomy, neurology) The condition of having a smooth appearance on the surface of the brain.

developmental disability
developmental disability

(medicine) An abnormality of brain development marked by the presence of a smooth cerebral cortex with few or no convolutions; frequently associated with severe developmental disability.


chorioretinal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the choroid and the retina


craniocaudal

craniocaudal axis

(anatomy) From the cranial to the caudal end of a structure.


rectoanal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the rectum and anus.


intrarectal

There is an appropriate increase in intrarectal pressure.


oculomotor

From oculo- (“relating to the eye”) + motor.

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to movement of the eyeball.

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the oculomotor nerve.


puborectal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pubis and the rectum


rectogenital

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the rectum and the genitals.


supratentorial

(anatomy) Above the tentorium of the brain.


perirenal

Near-synonym: adrenal


conoid

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orofacial

(anatomy) Of or affecting both the mouth and face.


glene

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γλήνη (glḗnē, “eyeball, socket”)

lbor

(anatomy, obsolete) The pupil or eyeball.


uniarticular

(anatomy) Describing a muscle that controls the movement of a single joint


GDA

gastroduodenal artery
gastroduodenal artery#English

(anatomy) Initialism of gastroduodenal artery.


humeroperoneal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the humerus and the fibula.


superventricular

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alveolar ridge

(anatomy) A ridge that forms the borders of the maxilla and the mandible and contains the alveoli of the teeth.


intrapulmonary

(anatomy) Within the material of the lungs


NCL

nidopallium caudolaterale
nidopallium caudolaterale#English

(anatomy) Abbreviation of nidopallium caudolaterale.


receptaculum

the receptaculum of the chyle


pectoralis

From Latin pectoralis, "pertaining to the chest or breast".

(anatomy) A pair of muscles that lowers the wings of birds in flight


minicolumn

(neuroanatomy) A vertical column of neurons through the cortical layers of the brain.


extra-amniotic

(anatomy) Between the amnion and endometrium


sphincter of Oddi

en-noun

sphincter of Oddi (plural sphincters of Oddi)

After Ruggero Oddi (1864-1913), Italian physiologist and anatomist.

(anatomy) A muscular valve that controls the flow of digestive juices (bile and pancreatic juice) through the ampulla of Vater into the second part of the duodenum.


alveary

From Latin alvearium (“beehive”). In the sense of the hollow of the ear, because it is where the wax accumulates. In the sense of a repository: originally the name of a dictionary encompassing several languages, because of the many contributors being like "busy bees".

The effects of the hydriatic treatment upon inflammations of the brain are elimination of the matter of disease, partly through perspiration and eruptions on the head, but more through abnormal secretions from the alvearies or hollows of the ears, and from the nostrils (catarrh); oftentimes these secretions have quite an abnormal color and acridness.

1848, J. H. Rausse, Miscellanies to the Graefenberg Water-cure, page 137:

In otoscopy alveary narrowed due to the omission of his caudineural wall.

2009, Anton L, “Mastoiditis Island”, in United States RX Medication - Men's Health:

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2012 January, М О Кустов, “Inflammatory diseases of alveary.”, in Russian otorhinolaryngology, volume 1:

I had to look up "alvearium", not a common term. I was pointed toward "alveary", a word with two intriguingly different definitions: first, a beehive, or something resembling a beehive and second, the hollow of the external ear. Apian aspects don't leap out at one here, so I'm going with the latter meaning, thinking of these sounds flowing around my own alvearies.

2013, Antoine Beuger, 24 Petits Préludes pour la Guitare:

In the article the results of researches are presented on the determination of the composition of microflora of the alveary of dogs with the clinical signs of sharp outward otopyosis and the character of clinical-hematological changes of this disease.

2014, D. V. Savchenko, I. A. Gurenko, “Etiology and Clinical-Hematological Description of Bacterial Otitides for Dogs”, in eLibrary:

Outward inflammations of the ear for cats more often flows with hyperemia of alveary – 80.8%, by a sickliness during palpation of base of the ear – 74.4% and accompanied by the selection of to the exsudate - 70.2%.

2017, V Samoylyuk, V Volokonska, “Efficiency of Meatotympanal Novocaine Blockage in the System of Holiatry Festering Inflammation of Outward Ear for Cats”, in Theoretical and Applied Veternary Medicine:

(anatomy) The hollow of the external ear.


anteflexion

anteflexion (countable and uncountable, plural anteflexions)

(anatomy) A forward bending or an organ, especially that of the uterus near the cervix

antéflexion

a forward bending or an organ, especially of the uterus


acromion

From Ancient Greek ἀκρώμιον (akrṓmion), variant of ἀκρωμία (akrōmía, “acromion”). Compare -ion, especially in acropodion.

"The ball struck the fore part of HIS LORDSHIP'S epaulette; and entered the left shoulder immediately before the processus acromion scapulae, which it slightly fractured.

1807, William Beatty, The Death of Lord Nelson:

The deltoid is wasted, and the acromion unduly prominent.

1904, Alexis Thomson, Alexander Miles, Manual of Surgery:

Complete pectoral and pelvic bones show a deep subrectangular acromion on the scapula and a low obturator flange on the ischium.

1998 November 13, Paul C. Sereno et al., “A Long-Snouted Predatory Dinosaur from Africa and the Evolution of Spinosaurids”, in Science, volume 282, number 5392, →DOI, pages 1298–1302:

The preserved portions of the scapula are sufficient to determine that the acromion projected well beyond the glenoid and that the axillary margin was longer than the vertebral.

1999 August 27, Steve Ward et al., “Equatorius: A New Hominoid Genus from the Middle Miocene of Kenya”, in Science, volume 285, number 5432, →DOI, pages 1382–1386:

The clavicle is a small flat bone like that of a dog (1), here preserved near the coracoid processes lying parallel to and slightly behind the acromion.

(anatomy) The outermost point of the shoulder blade.


Türck's column

Türck's columns (plural)
column of Türck (alternative)
Turck's column (alternative)

After Ludwig Türck (1810-1868), Austrian neurologist.

anterior corticospinal tract
anterior corticospinal tract

(anatomy, dated) The anterior corticospinal tract.


biarticular

(anatomy) Affecting, or connecting two joints


biparietal

(anatomy) Between the two parietal bones.


biplanar

(anatomy, of the foot) Both frontal and sagittal


digastric

Borrowing from New Latin digastricus, from di- (“twice, doubly”) + gastricus (“gastric”); equivalent to di- + gastric. Doublet of digastricus.

af

the digastric muscle of the lower jaw

(anatomy) Of, relating to, or being a digastric muscle.


digastric

digastric muscle
digastric muscle#English


calcaneal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the calcaneus (heel bone).


capsuliferous

en-adj

capsuliferous (comparative more capsuliferous, superlative most capsuliferous)

more capsuliferous (comparative)
most capsuliferous (superlative)


cervicoscapular

(anatomy) Pertaining to, or joining the neck and the shoulder bone


cervicovesical

(anatomy) Pertaining to the cervix and the bladder


cuneonavicular

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cuneiform bones and the navicular.

cuneonavicular

of or pertaining to the cuneiform bones and the navicular


exoccipital

(anatomy) Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foramen of the skull.


exoccipital

exoccipitals (plural)
exooccipital (alternative)


midface

(anatomy) The middle portion of the face.


claustral

claustral (comparative more claustral, superlative most claustral)

more claustral (comparative)
most claustral (superlative)

Based on Latin claustrum (“cloister”). Doublet of cloistral.

(anatomy) Relating to the claustrum of the brain.


neuroarchitecture

en-noun

neuroarchitecture (countable and uncountable, plural neuroarchitectures)

(anatomy) The structure of systems of neurons and their interconnection


glome

Borrowed from Latin glomus (“a ball”). Compare globe.

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(anatomy) One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.


sternocleidomastoid muscle

sternocleidomastoid muscle (plural sternocleidomastoid muscles)

sternocleidomastoid muscles (plural)
sternocleidomastoid (alternative)
sternocleidomastoideus (alternative)

(anatomy) A long thick superficial muscles on each side of the anterior neck which arises by one head from the first segment of the sternum and by a second from the inner part of the clavicle, that inserts into the mastoid process of the temporal bone and that acts especially to bend, flex, rotate and extend the head.


coarticulate

en-verb

coarticulate (third-person singular simple present coarticulates, present participle coarticulating, simple past and past participle coarticulated)

coarticulates (present singular third-person)
coarticulating (participle present)
coarticulated (participle past)
coarticulated (past)

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(anatomy) To unite to form an articulation (joint)


osteoderm

(anatomy) A bony deposit in the dermal layers of the skin


trochlear

(anatomy) Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea.

滑車的 /滑车的

shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea

(neuroanatomy) Of or pertaining to the trochlear nerve.


trochlear

trochlears (plural)
trochleary (alternative)

The two trochlears decussate in the anterior medullary velum.

1949, Herbert Eugene Walter, Leonard Perkins Sayles, Biology of the Vertebrates: A Comparative Study of Man and His Animal Allies, page 741:

At 90° of flexion, the patella enters the condylar fossa, where the contact areas are on both the lateral and medial trochlears of the femur.

2014, Joanne K. Singleton, Robert V. DiGregorio, Carol Green-Hernandez, Primary Care, Second Edition: An Interprofessional Perspective, →ISBN, page 593:

Using three-dimensional printing, they replaced the native trochlear in four cadaveric knees with dysplastic trochlears and then subjected them to squat simulation, open chain extension, and a patella stability test.

2017, W. Norman Scott, Insall & Scott Surgery of the Knee, 6th edition, →ISBN, page 917:

(anatomy, neuroanatomy) A trochlear muscle or nerve.


cubitus

Learned borrowing from Latin cubitus. Doublet of cubit.

(anatomy) The elbow, or the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.

(anatomy) The forearm; the arm from the elbow to fingertip, or the corresponding portion of a jointed limb of an animal that uses the limb for locomotion or grasping.


bistratose

The capsule in both families is spherical, with a bistratose wall; the outer cell layer usually bears nodular thickenings[…]; the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts[…]

1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6:

(anatomy, botany) Composed of two cell layers.


somatic nervous system

en-noun

somatic nervous system (plural somatic nervous systems)

peripheral nervous system
peripheral nervous system

central nervous system
central nervous system

(anatomy, neurology) The part of the peripheral nervous system that transmits signals from the central nervous system to skeletal muscles, and from receptors of external stimuli, thereby mediating sight, hearing and touch.

σωματικό νευρικό σύστημα

part of the peripheral nervous system that transmits signals from central nervous system to skeletal muscles


margo

Learned borrowing from Latin margō. Doublet of marge and margin.

The colpi are bordered by prominent margos or lips. Тhe margo is separated from the remainder of the heavily sculptured surface by a narrow channel.

1969, Geological Survey Professional Paper, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 49:


calcaneum

calcaneum (plural calcaneums or calcanea)


triceps surae

From the fact that the medial and lateral heads of the gastrocnemius along with the soleus muscle together share a common insertion at the calcaneous, creating a group of three heads (triceps) on the posterior lower leg (sural).

(anatomy) The combination of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles.


AMI

(anatomy) Initialism of agonist-antagonist myoneural interface.


presphenoid

(anatomy) Situated in front of the sphenoid bone


presphenoid

(anatomy) The anterior part of the sphenoid bone (a separate bone before being fused)


pannicle

From Middle French pannicle, and its source, Late Latin panniculus (“membrane”), from Latin panniculus (“small rag”), from pannus (“cloth”).

(anatomy, zoology) A membrane of tissue in the body of a human or animal.


coronal plane

(anatomy) Any vertical plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior (belly and back) sections.


transverse plane

transverse plane (plural transverse planes)

(anatomy) Any plane that divides the body into superior and inferior parts, roughly perpendicular to spine.

transversaalitaso

anatomy: plane that divides the body into upper and lower parts


axillary vein

(anatomy) A large blood vessel that conveys blood from the lateral aspect of the thorax, axilla (armpit) and upper limb toward the heart.


appendiceal

By surface analysis, appendix + -al; formed in a way that reflects the appendic- of the Latin declension's inflections, reflecting the fact that English got appendix from New Latin.

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the appendix.


gastroduodenal

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the stomach and the duodenum


juxtaglomerular

(anatomy) Near, or adjoining a renal glomerulus.


somatomotor

(anatomy) Relating to the region of the brain responsible for such movements


cleidocranial

(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the clavicle and the cranium.


fixator

(anatomy) Any muscle that fixes, or limits the movement, of a bone or joint


supragingival

(anatomy, dentistry, prosthodontics) Above the gumline (gingival margin).


stratum corneum

From Latin strātum ("blanket, bedspread") + corne∙us -a -um ("made of horn; horn-like"), from corn∙ū -ūs ("horn") + -eus.

The outermost surface of the epidermis, called the stratum corneum, is made up entirely of dead cells.

2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 4:

(anatomy) The outer layer of the epidermis, composed of dead cells that continually flake away.


laryngopharyngeal

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to or connecting the larynx and the pharynx


post-oral

en-adj

post-oral (comparative more post-oral, superlative most post-oral)

more post-oral (comparative)
most post-oral (superlative)

(anatomy) Alternative spelling of postoral.


pre-oral

pre-oral (comparative more pre-oral, superlative most pre-oral)

more pre-oral (comparative)
most pre-oral (superlative)

(anatomy) Alternative spelling of preoral.


intrasynovial

(anatomy) Within the synovial sac of a joint, or the synovial sheath of a tendon


postfrontal

(anatomy) A bone located behind the frontal bone.


adipo-

classical compound
international scientific vocabulary

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Latin adeps.

(anatomy, medicine, usually) fat, as fat tissue or fat cells.

(anatomy, medicine) fat, as a form of lipid, either contained in such tissue, free/unbound, or carried in circulation by lipoproteins.


haustrum

(anatomy) Any of the small pouches of the colon caused by sacculation, giving the colon its segmented appearance.


fascia adherens

(anatomy) An intercellular junction that transmits contractile forces in cardiac muscles


ectomesenchyme

(anatomy) A form of mesenchyme, in the embryo, consisting of neural crest cells; forms the tissues of the neck and cranium


caveolar

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the caveolae.


neointima

en-noun

neointima (plural neointimas or neointimae)

(anatomy) A new layer of arterial intima, especially that formed on a prosthesis


periadventitial

We have made diagnoses of medulloblastomas, astrocytomas, glioblastomatous or sarcomatous tumors, periadventitial and meningeal sarcomatoses, meningiomas, and a chromophobe adenoma.

2013, Klaus Joachim Zülch, Brain Tumors: Their Biology and Pathology, page 53:


adventitial

en-adj

adventitial (comparative more adventitial, superlative most adventitial)

more adventitial (comparative)
most adventitial (superlative)

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the adventitia


myofibrillar

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to myofibrils.


interdigital

In a review of over 1000 interdigital clavuses, 65% were found in the fourth interspace […]

1988, Shepard R. Hurwitz, Foot and ankle pain, page 331:


perimembranous

(anatomy) Forming a surrounding membrane


mesangium

(anatomy) A thin layer of the glomerulus, within the basement membrane surrounding the glomerular capillaries.


zona reticularis

(anatomy) The innermost layer of the adrenal cortex, responsible for the production of precursor androgens including dehydroepiandrosterone and androstenedione from cholesterol.


abducens

Although the abducens runs in a fissure along the so-often fractured petrous bone, a rupture of the nerve-trunk has never been noticed in autopsies save once:[…]

1895, Frederic Shepard Dennis, editor, System of Surgery, volume 2, page 672:

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hydrolipid

(anatomy) An emulsion of fat and water, a film of which normally covers the skin


subareolar

subareolar (comparative more subareolar, superlative most subareolar)

more subareolar (comparative)
most subareolar (superlative)


ramal

Between the ramal walls above this the bone is longitudinally scooped out to the upper termination of the symphysis.

1890, R.W. Shufeldt, “Osteophysiology of Arctic and Subarctic Water-Birds”, in Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, volume 24, page 98:

(anatomy, dated) Of or pertaining to a ramus, or branching


typhl-

From the Ancient Greek τῠφλόν (tŭphlón, “cæcum”, “blind gut”), the neuter form of τῠφλός (tŭphlós, “blind”), whence typhl-¹.


esophagogastroduodenal

(anatomy) Relating to the esophagus, stomach and duodenum


perforant

(anatomy) Describing a connective route from the entorhinal cortex to the hippocampus.


piriformis

piriformes (plural)
pyriformis (alternative)

/ˌpɪ.ɹɪˈfɔː.mɪs/

/ˌpɪɹ.əˈfɔɹ.mɪs/

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin pirifōrmis, ellipsis of mūsculus pirifōrmis (“pear-shaped muscle”). Doublet of piriform.

ellipsis

sacrotuberous ligament
sacrotuberous ligament

greater sciatic foramen
greater sciatic foramen

(anatomy, zootomy) A gluteal muscle which arises from the front of the sacrum and the ischium or sacrotuberous ligament, passes out of the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen, and inserts into the greater trochanter of the femur, serving in humans to rotate the thigh laterally.


diarthrosis

(anatomy) A joint that can move freely in various planes

diartrosi

a joint that can move freely in various planes


ectad

Insertion was ectad of the rectus almost to the midventral line.

1878, Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution Press, page 57:

This is the cephalic and ventral ramus of the common trunk; it is ectad of the carotid artery and the facial vein, entad of the submaxillary gland, and upon the ectal surface of the masseter muscle.

1886 November 5, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, volume 24:

Its cranial border is thickened and somewhat curled around the anterior fifth of the ilium and distad lies in the groove between the gluteus medius and the iliacus, continuing ectad of the proximal end of the vastus externus the cranial border of the biceps femoris to which it has a short semitendinous attachment distad and ectad of its insertion on the great trochanter.

1921, Wilfred H. Osgood, A monographic study of the American marsupial, Cænolestes, page 36:


gastrosplenic

(anatomy, pathology) Of or pertaining to the stomach and the spleen.

gastroesplénico

of or pertaining to the stomach and the spleen


hydatoid

From hydato- + -oid.
Hydat- is the stem of Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”).


paristhmic

(anatomy, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsillar.


perididymis

(anatomy) A fibrous membrane surrounding most of the testis


scalenus

(anatomy) Alternative form of scalene muscle.


temporalis

Borrowed from Late Latin temporālis (“of or belonging to the temples of the head”), ellipsis of mūsculus temporālis (“the temporal muscle”). Doublet of temporal.

ellipsis

(anatomy) A fan-shaped muscle which arises from the surface of the temporal fossa and converges to an aponeurosis which contracts into a thick flat tendon inserted into the coronoid process of the mandible; it serves to raise the lower jaw and is involved in closing the mouth and chewing.


abdominocystic

* abdomino- (“abdomen”) + cystic (“bladder”)

prefix

(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the bladder.


abdominogenital

(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the genitals.


abdominoscrotal

(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the scrotum.


restis

Borrowed from Latin restis (“rope, cord”).

(anatomy) Any of the restiform bodies on the dorsal side of the medulla oblongata.


valvula

From Latin valvula, from valva (“double door, valve”) + -ula (“-ule, -ling: forming diminutives”). Doublet of valvule.


ductule

From New Latin ductulus, diminutive of Latin ductus. By surface analysis, duct + -ule.

(anatomy) Any very small duct, typically lactiferous.


extraskeletal

(anatomy) Located in soft tissue rather than in the bones


iliofemoral

(anatomy) Pertaining to both the ilium and the femur


inguinofemoral

(anatomy) Pertaining to both the inguen (groin) and the femur.


inguen

Ganglions of the right and of the left inguens […]

1909, Transactions of the third International Sanitary Conference of the American Republics:

(anatomy, archaic) The groin or genitalia.


pluristratified

(anatomy) Having several stratifications


sensorineural

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sensory nerves


supraclavicular

From supra- + clavicular or supraclavicle + -ar.

(anatomy, zootomy, relational) Above the clavicle.


bursal

en-adj

bursal (comparative more bursal, superlative most bursal)

more bursal (comparative)
most bursal (superlative)

(anatomy) Relating to, or resembling, a bursa


urothelium

(anatomy) The epithelium of the urinary bladder.


uterotonic

uterotonic (comparative more uterotonic, superlative most uterotonic)

more uterotonic (comparative)
most uterotonic (superlative)

(anatomy) That supplies tone (overcomes relaxation) to the uterine muscle


oculopharyngeal

(anatomy) Relating to both the eye and the throat (especially to their respective muscles)


baroreceptor

(anatomy) A nerve ending that is sensitive to changes in blood pressure.


chondrocranium

(anatomy) The developing skull, composed of cartilage, of an embryo before ossification


diverticular

In an earlier study among nearly 44,000 male health professionals, fiber from fruit and vegetables, but not cereal, was linked to a reduced risk of diverticular disease.

2019 October 28, Jane E. Brody, “Fiber in Fruits and Grains Protects Against Diverticulitis”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the diverticulum.


pleuretic

[…] which I expected to have found extremely sizy and glutinous, or indeed coagulated, as it is in pleuretic complaints;

1749, Henry Fielding, chapter XIII, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII:

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pleura, the smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax.


intermedium

en-noun

intermedium (plural intermediums or intermedia)

intermediums (plural)
intermedia (plural)

(anatomy) A central carpal bone or tarsal bone.


petrosal

From Latin petrōsus (“full of rocks, rocky”) + -al.

af

(anatomy, relational) Of, pertaining to, or located near the petrous part of the temporal bone or the capsule of the inner ear.

岩的

relating to the petrous part of the temporal bone


petrosal

(anatomy) The petrous part of the temporal bone at the base of the skull, surrounding the inner ear.

midal-shaped petrosal of mammals and bird

1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates:

(anatomy, zootomy) The auditory capsule.


platysma

en-noun

platysma (plural platysmas or platysmata)

Borrowed from New Latin platysma, from Ancient Greek πλᾰ́τῠσμᾰ (plắtŭsmă, “flat object”), from πλᾰτῠ́νω (plătŭ́nō, “widen”) + -μᾰ (-mă, “nominal suffix”).

af

(anatomy) A superficial muscle of the human neck that overlaps the sternocleidomastoid.


sternocleidomastoid

Borrowed from New Latin sternocleidomastoīdēs, from Latin sternum (“the breastbone”) + Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “the collarbone”) + Latin mastoīdēs (“like a breast”), equivalent to sterno- + cleido- + mastoid.

(anatomy) Relating to or involving the sternum, the clavicle and the mastoid process of the temporal bone.

sternocleidomastoid muscle
sternocleidomastoid muscle

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sternocleidomastoid muscle.


sternocleidomastoid

sternocleidomastoid muscle
sternocleidomastoid muscle#English

(anatomy) Ellipsis of sternocleidomastoid muscle.


sternomastoid

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the mastoid process.


supinator

(anatomy) Any muscle that aids supination


truncal

Cerebellar dysfunction is characterized by truncal ataxia, a broad-based stance, dysmetria in which the limbs either overstep (hypermetria) or understep (hypometria), and tremor that is most pronounced when the animal attempts a goal-orientated movement (intention tremor).

2004, Johnny D. Hoskins, Geriatrics and Gerontology of the Dog and Cat, →ISBN, page 358:

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the trunk (of the body).


prozone

Median carina strongly cristate on the prozone and on the metazone and with one deep transverse incision so that the prozone is only about one-third the length of the metazone, the incision inclined anterio-ventrad.

1924, William Williams Henderson, A Taxonomic and Ecological Study of the Species of the Subfamily Oedipodinae (Orthoptera-Acrididae) Found in Utah, page 53:

(anatomy) The anterior zone of the pronotum in an insect of the family Acrididae or Gryllidae.


penoscrotal

en-adj

penoscrotal (comparative more penoscrotal, superlative most penoscrotal)

more penoscrotal (comparative)
most penoscrotal (superlative)

(anatomy) Of or relating to the penis and scrotum.


subcostal

(anatomy) Below (deep to) a rib or the ribs.


femur head

(anatomy) The highest, globular part of the femur.


mesorectal

See total mesorectal excision

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the middle part of the rectum


extrastriate

(anatomy) Describing that part of the cortex next to the striate cortex


zygomaticus

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin zygomaticus, clipping of mūsculus zygomaticus (“zygomatic muscle”). Doublet of zygomatic.

clipping

Meronyms: zygomaticus major, zygomaticus minor

(anatomy) One of several small subcutaneous facial muscles arising from or in relation with the zygomatic bone.


choriocapillaris

(anatomy) The capillary layer of the choroid of the eye


extracapsular

(anatomy) Situated outside a capsule, especially outside the capsular ligament of a joint.


intertrochanteric

(anatomy) Between the two trochanters of the femur


intraarticular

Intraarticular visualization and suture placement are easier while the patient's knee is unstable and before notchplasty or osseous tunnel drilling can cause bleeding.

2003, John B. McGinty, Stephen S. Burkhart, Operative Arthroscopy, page 354:


metaphysis

en-noun

metaphysis (countable and uncountable, plural metaphyses)

From Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after”) + Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis, “growth”), equivalent to meta- + -physis.

(anatomy, countable) The part of a long bone that grows during development


subtrochanteric

(anatomy) Beneath the trochanter of the femur


trochanteric

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the trochanter of the femur


modiolus

From Latin modiolus (“wheel's hub”), diminutive of modius (“measure of grain”).

(anatomy) The central core of the cochlea

(anatomy) A chiasma of facial muscles held together by fibrous tissue


orbitosphenoid

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the orbit and the sphenoid bone


pronator

pronator (plural pronators or pronatores)

(anatomy) Any muscle that produces pronation


transcortical

Because association fibers are compromised in the transcortical aphasias, Lichtheim (1885) called what we know as transcortical aphasia commissural dysphasia or white matter dysphasia.

2007, Robert H. Brookshire, Introduction to Neurogenic Communication Disorders:

(anatomy) Between the two parts of the cerebral cortex


sclerotome

(anatomy) A segmented mass of mesenchymal tissue, in a somite, that develops into the ribs


nerve center

nerve centers (plural)
nerve centre (alternative)

(anatomy) A point at which nerves come together for the processing of signals.

hermokeskus

anatomy: a point at which nerves come together for the processing of signals


zygon

From Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zugón, “yoke”).

“The evidence is threefold: (1) as admitted by Ecker, the zygon always appears independently in the foetus;

1896, Andrew J. Parker, “Morphology of the Cerebral Convolutions with special reference to the order of Primates”, in Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 2nd Series edition, volume 10, number 3, page 323:

I am falling apart, the delicate zygon of my brain is opened.

1938, Lawrence Durrell, The Black Book, book 3, London: Faber and Faber, published 1977, page 223:

(anatomy, plural "zyga") In the cerebrum, a short crossbar fissure that connects the two pairs of branches of a larger zygal (H-shaped) fissure.


subacromial

en-adj

subacromial (comparative more subacromial, superlative most subacromial)

more subacromial (comparative)
most subacromial (superlative)


spondylothoracic

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to both the spine and the thoracic cage


alisphenoid

(anatomy) The greater wing of the sphenoid bone


alisphenoid

(anatomy) Relating to or forming the wing of the sphenoid bone.

alisphenoid bone

alisphenoid canal

(anatomy) Relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid.


cubital

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna.


epicondyle

(anatomy) A protuberance above the condyle of a bone to which ligaments or tendons are attached.


episternum

en-noun

episternum (plural episternums or episterna)

(anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum


glenohumeral

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus.

glenohumeral

of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus


patellofemoral

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the patella and the femur.


tibiofemoral

(anatomy), Of, pertaining to, or joining the tibia and the femur


perichondrium

(anatomy) a dense layer of fibrous connective tissue surrounding the cartilage of developing bone


multivalve

a multivalve mollusk

Having or involving multiple valves (in any context); thus:

(anatomy, zoology, medicine) Having multiple biological valves.

multivalve heart disease

(anatomy, zoology, medicine) Involving multiple heart valves.


predorsal

(anatomy) Immediately in front of a dorsal region


obex

(anatomy) A small, crescentic fold of white matter that covers the inferior angle of the floor of the fourth ventricle.


squamocolumnar

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to a junction between stratified squamous epithelium and columnar epithelium


stomatogastric

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mouth and the stomach


supraoptic

(anatomy) Above the optic tract or chiasma


synarthrosis

(anatomy) A type of joint in which two bones are connected rigidly by fibrous tissue


pneumogastric

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach


pneumogastric

[…]were it not for a strange-smelling, at first not unpleasant, but with the passage of time frankly revolting vapour arising from among the recesses of Mr. Magershon's body-linen and issuing, with great volatility, between his nape and his collar-band, a bold and it must be allowed successful effort on the part of that dignitary's pneumogastric to compensate the momentary confusion of its superior connexions.

1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:

(anatomy) The pneumogastric nerve; one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, and spleen, and, in fishes and many amphibia, to the branchial apparatus and also to the sides of the body.


ultimobranchial

(anatomy) Designating the fifth (last) pharyngeal pouch of the embryo


mesothelial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mesothelium


striatopallidal

(anatomy) Pertaining to, or connecting, the striatum and the globus pallidus.


enarthrosis

ball-and-socket joint
ball-and-socket joint


syntropy

By surface analysis, syn- + -tropy. First attested in 1871, in the anatomical sense.

(anatomy) A formation of a series of similar parts having the same orientation (e.g., ribs, scales).


ectocervix

ectocervix (plural ectocervixes or ectocervices)

ectocervixes (plural)
ectocervices (plural)

(anatomy) The part of the cervix that extends into the vagina


endocervix

endocervix (plural endocervixes or endocervices)

endocervixes (plural)
endocervices (plural)

(anatomy) The mucous membrane of the cervical canal.


fibroepithelial

(anatomy) containing both epithelial and stromal or mesenchymal tissue


stapedial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the stapes


amygdalar

(neuroanatomy) Of or pertaining to the amygdala


perimammary

(anatomy) Surrounding a mammary gland, or surrounding the breast


abdominopelvic

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the abdomen and (the cavity of) the pelvis

abdominopélvico

relating to the abdomen and the cavity of the pelvis


gastrohepatic

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to both the stomach and the liver.


hepatogastric

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to both the liver and the stomach


mesocolic

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mesocolon.


infraorbital

(anatomy, relational) Below the orbit of the eye.


infraorbital

infraorbital bone
infraorbital bone#English

(anatomy) Ellipsis of infraorbital bone.


intrapelvic

(anatomy) Within the (cavity of the) pelvis


intratympanic

(anatomy) Within the (cavity of the) tympanum


paracolic

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from para- + colic = para- + col- + -ic.

(anatomy, medicine) Lateral to the colon, usually with reference to the ascending colon and descending colon and the compartments of the peritoneal cavity.


paravesical

(anatomy) Outside, but adjacent to the (urinary) bladder


tubulointerstitial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the interstitium and tubules of the kidney


ectotympanic

(anatomy) A bone that suspends the eardrum. (tympanum)


mesethmoid

(anatomy) A bony cartilage, in the centre of the ethmoid part of the skull, that makes up most of the nasal septum.


bulbospinal

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or connecting the medulla oblongata and the spinal cord.


circumventricular

(anatomy) Surrounding the ventricular system of the brain.


celomic

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the coelom


cerebroventricular

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the ventricles of the brain


intracerebroventricular

(anatomy) Within the ventricles of the brain


myoid

(anatomy) Composed of or resembling muscle.


neurohumoral

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or produced by a neurohumor


pericytic

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or composed of pericytes


periosteal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the periosteum


preganglionic

(anatomy) Describing the nerve fibres that supply a ganglion


fornical

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the fornix


transneuronal

(anatomy, physiology) Between or across neurons


transplacental

(anatomy, physiology) Through or across the placenta


hypercolumn

(anatomy) An array of orientation columns in the visual cortex


abembryonic

From ab- (“away, outside of”) + embryonic.

(anatomy, biology) Describing the area of a blastocyst opposite the embryo or embryoblast


cavum

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cavum (“a hollow, hole”). Doublet of cave and cavus.

ubor

The lower part of the concha of the ear adjoining the origin of the helix.

(anatomy) A recess or hollow.
The nasal cavity.


ectoplacental

(anatomy) Outside, or surrounding the placenta


myoendothelial

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the myoendothelium


orotracheal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mouth and the trachea


dentilingual

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the teeth and the tongue.


cavernosal

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the corpus cavernosum