This page gathers the 2,354 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Anatomy”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 7 of 24: from “epihyal” to “foramen spinosum”.
- epihyal noun A segment immediately above the ceratohyal in the hyoid arch. It is many animals, from fish to mammals and reptiles.
- epineural adj Related to or situated upon a nerve or nerve structure, especially on the epineurium.
- epineurium noun The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or…
- epiotic noun The upper and outer element of periotic bone. In humans forming a part of the temporal bone, while in fish it is more distinguishable.
- epipharyngeal adj Pertaining to, or located at, the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes.
- epipharynx noun The nasopharynx.
- epiphyseal plate noun A plate of hyaline cartilage in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone, where new bone growth takes place.
- epiphysis noun The pineal gland.
- epipleural adj Arising from the pleurapophysis of a vertebra
- epiploic appendix noun Any of the small pouches of the peritoneum that are filled with fat and situated along the colon, but absent in the rectum.
- epipodial adj Relating to, or located at, the epipodialia or the parts of the limbs to which they belong.
- epipteric adj Of or pertaining to supernumerary bones (Wormian bones) occasionally present in the pterion region of the human skull.
- epipterygoid adj Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone.
- epipubis noun A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibians, reptiles and other animals, including the duck-billed platypus and some…
- episternum noun The upper segment of the sternum
- epistropheus noun The second cervical vertebra of the spine which forms the pivot upon which the first cervical vertebra (the atlas), which carries the head…
- epistrophic adj Pertaining to the epistropheus.
- epithalamic adj Of or pertaining to the epithalamus.
- epithalamus noun The dorsal posterior segment of the diencephalon; it includes the habenula, the stria medullaris and the pineal body.
- epithelium noun A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and…
- epitrochlearis noun A slip of muscle that sometimes runs from the border of the latissimus dorsi to the ulna at or near the elbow
- eponychium noun The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
- erector noun Any of several muscles that make parts of the body erect.
- esophagoduodenal adj Relating to or connecting the esophagus and the duodenum, usually in a surgical or anatomical context.
- ethmoid noun A light spongy cubical bone at the root of the nose, forming much of the walls of the nasal cavity and part of those of the orbits and…
- ethmoturbinate adj ethmoid and turbinate
- euryon noun Either of a pair of craniometric points, on the parietal bones, that mark the extremity of the skull.
- Eustachian tube noun In humans and other land vertebrates, a tube that links the nasopharynx to the cavity of the middle ear to allow the equalization of the…
- Eustachian valve noun A crescent-shaped fold of the lining membrane of the heart at the entrance of the vena cava inferior.
- excycloduct verb To rotate the eye outward about the anteroposterior axis; to undergo or make undergo excycloduction; to extort.
- exoccipital adj Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foramen of the skull.
- exocrine gland noun Any of various glands which secrete via a duct, typically into the digestive tract or onto the skin.
- exogeny noun A phase in the life cycle of a hair follicle in which a hair exits the follicle.
- exorbital adj protruding beyond the orbit (of the eye)
- exoskeleton noun A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.
- exstrophy noun The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface.
- extensor pollicis brevis noun A skeletal muscle on the dorsal side of the forearm, lying on the medial side of, and is closely connected with, the abductor pollicis…
- external adj Situated near or toward the surface of the body.
- external carotid artery noun The outer branch of the carotid artery that supplies the face, tongue, and external parts of the head.
- external iliac artery noun The outer branch of the common iliac artery on either side of the body that passes beneath the inguinal ligament to become the femoral…
- external oblique muscle noun A flat muscle on each side that form the outer layer of the lateral walls of the abdomen, that have aponeuroses extending medially to…
- extrabranchial adj Outside of the branchial arches.
- extracellular matrix noun All the microscopic fibres and other molecular structures that are produced by a particular type of cell but are not part of it (that is…
- extracervical adj Outside of the neck (cervix or collum).
- extradural adj Outside of the dura mater
- extramedullary adj Outside of the bone marrow, as with extramedullary hematopoiesis.
- extraocular muscle noun Any of the six small voluntary muscles that pass between the eyeball and the orbit and control the movement and stabilization of the…
- extrarenal adj Outside a kidney; outside but near or abutting a kidney.
- extratemporal adj Of or pertaining to the side of the head behind the eyes; external to the temporal bone of the skull.
- extravaginal adj Outside the vagina.
- eye socket noun The bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit.
- eye-apple noun The eyeball or pupil
- face noun The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
- facet noun One member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans.
- facial artery noun An artery that arises from the external carotid artery just superior to the lingual artery and gives off a number of branches supplying the…
- facial nerve noun The seventh (VII) of twelve paired cranial nerves that supply motor fibers especially to the muscles of the face and jaw and sensory and…
- falciform ligament noun A fold of peritoneum separating the right and left lobes of the liver and attaching it to the diaphragm and the anterior abdominal wall.
- falcular adj related to the falx cerebelli
- falx noun A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum, especially one of the partition-like folds of the dura mater which extend…
- falx cerebri noun The larger of the two folds of dura mater separating the hemispheres of the brain that lies between the cerebral hemispheres and contains…
- fascia noun The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and…
- fascia bulbi noun A thin membrane that envelops the eyeball from the optic nerve to the limbus, separating it from the orbital fat and forming a socket in…
- fascicle noun A bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by connective tissue.
- fasciculation noun An involuntary muscle twitch, usually localised and temporary, but that may be intensified and prolonged fatally by particular poisons and…
- fasciculus noun A small bundle of nerve, muscle or tendon fibers.
- fasciolar adj Of or relating to the fasciola.
- fauces noun The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue.
- feeler noun An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.
- femoral artery noun The main artery of the thigh that originates as the continuation of the external iliac artery distal to the inguinal ligament and…
- femoral canal noun The medial and smallest compartment, conical in shape, of the three compartments of the femoral sheath.
- femoral sheath noun The funnel-shaped downward extension of the abdominal fascia within which the femoral artery and femoral vein pass between the abdomen and…
- femoral triangle noun An anatomical space in the superior and medial aspect of the anterior thigh, bounded superiorly by the inguinal ligament, laterally by the…
- femur noun A thighbone.
- fenestral adj Of or relating to a fenestra.
- fenestration noun An opening in the surface of an organ etc; the surgical creation of such an opening, especially one in the bony part of the inner ear made…
- fibula noun The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg.
- fibulare noun The bone or cartilage of the tarsus, which articulates with the fibula and corresponds to the calcaneum in humans and most mammals.
- fillet noun A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
- fimbria noun An individual thread in a fimbria, especially a fingerlike projection around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube.
- finger noun A lobe of the liver.
- fingered adj Synonym of digitate.
- fissure noun A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft or tear between body parts or in the substance of an organ.
- flank noun The lateral flesh between the last rib and the hip.
- flexicostate adj Having bent or curved ribs.
- flexure noun A curve or bend in a tubular organ.
- floccular adj Of or pertaining to the flocculus.
- flocculus noun Either of two small lobes on the posterior border of the cerebellum.
- folium noun A lobe on a branching structure.
- follicle noun A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.
- follicular dendritic cell noun A specific type of cell, found in lymphoid follicles having filiform dendrites that bind and present immune complexes to B cells.
- fontanelle noun A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.
- fonticulus noun The depression just over the top of the breastbone.
- foodway noun The alimentary canal.
- foot noun Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
- footplate noun The flat portion at the base of the stapes; pedicel.
- foramen cecum noun A shallow depression in the posterior dorsal midline of the tongue that is the remnant of the more cranial part of the embryonic duct from…
- foramen magnum noun The large foramen, or hole, in the occipital bone for the passage of the medulla oblongata and its membranes.
- foramen of Monro noun Either of the interventricular foramina, channels that connect the paired lateral ventricles with the third ventricle at the midline of the…
- foramen ovale noun An opening in the septum between the right and left atria of the fetal heart that normally closes after birth.
- foramen spinosum noun An aperture in the greater wing of the sphenoid bone that gives passage to the middle meningeal artery.