Anatomy Etymology

Os- (L)

bone

Osteo- (G)

bone

Chondro- (G)

cartilage

-cyte (L)

cell, container

-blast (L)

bud, grow, build

-clast (L)

break, destroy

Kolla- (G)

glue

-gen (G)

“gives birth to”, makes

Hyalo- (G)

glass

Lamell- (L)

a small plate

Trab- (L)

beam

Canal- (L)

canal, duct

-icul (L)

little

Intra- (L)

inside

Extra- (L)

outside

Peri- (L)

around, enclosing

Endo- (G)

within

Sesam- (G)

sesame seed

Suture (L)

stitched seam

Condyl- (G)

knuckle

Fossa (L)

ditch, dug out, depression

Foram- (L)

opening

Cortex (L)

outer shell

Medulla (L)

middle part

Epi- (G)

upon, over, beside

Meta- (G)

between, change, with, after

Crani- (G)

skull

Mandibul- (L)

jaw

Mand- (L)

chew

Calv- (L)

bald, bald head

Splanchn- (G)

viscera

Vault (E)

arched roof or ceiling

Ethm- (L)

seive

Front- (L)

forehead, brow

Maxill- (G)

jaw, jawbone

Occip- (L)

back of head

Palate (G)

roof of mouth

Parie- (L)

wall

Sphen- (G)

wedge

Tempor- (L)

temple region

Vomer (G)

plowshare, plow blade

Ptery- (G)

wing, feather, fin

Zygo- (G)

yoke, connected together in a pair

Conch- (G)

sea shell

Lacro- (L)

tear

Sella- (L)

saddle

Turcica- (L)

Turkish

Lambda- (G)

greek letter

Squama- (G)

scale, scale-like

Fontanelle (F)

fountain

Metop- (G)

forehead

Diploe (G)

fold in two, doubled

Crista- (L)

crest

Galli- (L)

chicken

Meat- (L)

passage

Fiss- (L)

cleft, split

Intrinsic (E)

within, part of

Extrinsic (E)

outside, external but related

Promontory (E)

high point

Pedicle (L)

little foot

Lamina (L)

thin plate, sheet or layer

Kyph (G)

bent

Lord (G)

bent backward

Scoli (G)

curved, crooked

Annul/anu/anula (L)

ring

Coccyx (G)

cuckoo

Auricle (L)

ear, ear shaped

Ala (L)

wing

Cost- (L)

rib

Uncus (L)

hooked

Pelvis (L)

basin

Coxa (L)

hip

Femur (L)

thigh

Tibia (L)

shin bone

Fibul- (L)

pin, clasp, buckle

Tarsi (L)

ankle

Phalanx (G)

finger bone

Plantar (L)

sole of foot

Dorso-/dorsal (L)

back of body or body part

Digit (L)

finger, toe

Hallux- (L)

big toe

Genu (L)

knee

Crus/crura- (L)

leg

Cruci-/crux- (L)

cross

Tuber- (L)

knot, knob

-cle/-icle/-cula (L)

little, small

Obtur- (L)

closed over

Acet- (L)

vinegar, “acid”

Malle- (L)

hammer, mallet

Inter- (L)

between, among

Retinaculum (L)

holdfast, clamp

Desmo- (L)

ligament, tethered, bonded, linked

Articul- (L)

joint, jointed

Arthro- (G)

joint, jointed

Syn-/sym- (G)

joined, connected, together

Amphi- (G)

on both sides, around, doubled

Di-/dia- (G)

separate, apart, across

Ovi- (L)

egg

-arthrosis

joint

Liga- (L)

tie, tether, bound