know yourself & alternative forms review

tibia

“flute”

fibula

“clasp” or “buckle”

patella

“little dish”

pelvis

“washing basin”

sacrum (os sacrum)

“holy bone”

vertebra

derived from the verb vertere, “to turn”

femur

longest bone in the body

clavicle

“little key”

mandible

“to chew”

humerus

would be correct as umerus, the original Latin word for “shoulder”

ab- alternative forms

a-, abs-

ad- alternative forms

ac-, af-, ag-, etc.

ambi- alternative form

ambo-

circum- alternative form

circu-

con- alternative forms

co-, com-, etc.

dis- alternative forms

di-, dif-

ex- alternative forms

e-, ec-, ef-

in- alternative forms

il-, im-, ir-, etc.

ob- alternative forms

oc-, of-, etc.

re- alternative form

red-

sub- alternative forms

suc-, sus-, etc.

trans- alternative forms

tra-, tran-

acromion

bony process of the scapula at its juncture with the clavicle

phalanges

“phalanxes”

cranium

skull

ischium

hip

sternum

breastbone

maxilla

“jaw”

occipit

“back of the head”

squama

“scale”

external is an english word derived from ?

latin

acoustic is an english word derived from ?

greek

meatus is a pure latin word that means ?

“passageway”

suture

latin for “sewing”

lacrimal bone

smallest bone of the face (tears)

coronal suture

located at the crown of the head

sphenoid bone

“like a wedge”

mastoid process

“breast-shaped”

-al alternative forms

-eal, -ial, -ual; adjectival

-an alternative forms

-ane, -ian; adjectival

-ic alternative form

-tic; adjectival

-ile alternative form

-il; adjectival

hamate

“hook-shaped” bone

lunate

“moon-shaped” bone

cuneiform

“shaped like a wedge”

pisiform

“shaped like a pea”

hamulus

“little hook” projecting from hamate bone in carpals

malleolus

“little hammer”

lateral malleolus

bony protuberance on outside of ankle

medial malleolus

bony protuberance interior to ankle

navicular

“like a little boat”

trapezoid

“like a table”

scaphoid

“like a boat”

talus is greek for ?

ankle

calcaneus is latin for ?

“relating to the heel”

trapezium

diminutive form of ‘trapezoid”

adjectival suffixes -aceous, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -ate, -ic, -ile, -ine

• “having to do with”

• “belonging to”

• “resembling”

• “characterized by”

adjectival suffixes -able, -acious, -id, -ile, -itious, -ive, -ory, -ulous, -uous

• “tending to”

• “inclined to”

• “able to be”

the adjectival suffixes -lent, -ose, -ous

“full of”

spine comes from the latin spina, meaning ?

“thorn”

the spine is aka ?

the “vertebral column”

foramen

latin word for opening (pl. foramina)

annulus fibrous

“fibrous little ring”

transverse

“oblique”

latin word for spinal cord

medulla spinalis

three meninges

dura mater, arachnoid, pia mater

lumbar vertebrae (lat. loin)

directly above sacrum and coccyx

thoracic vertebra

located above the lumbar vertebrae

vertebra prominens

the seventh and lowest cervical vertebrae

atlas

supports the base of the cranium

the transverse processes are joined to the vertebral body by two ?, narrow stem-like structures that get their name from the Latin word for “little foot”

pedicles

cubital

“at the elbow”

cubit

the distance from the fingertip to the elbow also became a unit a measurement

lumbar region

the “small of the back”

hamate

bone in hand

ance- alternative forms

-ancy, -ence, -ency

-ity alternative forms

-ety, -ty

nominal suffixes -ance, -ity, -ia, -ion, -itude, -or, -y

• “quality of being”

• “state of being”

• “act of”

• “result of the act of”

-cle alternative form

-cul-

-crum alternative form

-cr-

-men alternative form

-min-

-trum alternative form

-tr-

nominal suffixes -cle, -crum, -culum, -men, -ment, -mentum, -trum, -ure, -us

• “act of”

• “result of”

• “means of”

glans

“acorn”

penis

originally meant “tail”

scrotum

“leather pouch”

testis

can mean both “testicle” and “witness”

epididymis

“upon the testicles”

symphysis pubis

““a growing together of the pubic bones”

praeputium

“foreskin”

ampulla

“jar,” “container”

-ble alternative form

-bule

-bula alternative form

-bulum

nominal suffixes -arium, -ary, -ble, -bula, -orium, -ory

“place of”

-ant alternative form

-iant

-ent alternative form

-ient

nominal suffixes -ant, -ent, -or

“person or thing doing”

vagina

“scabbard,” “sheath”

fornix

“arch”

-oid

“having the shape of”