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LABORATORY MANUAL FOR VERTEBRATE ANATOMY 



Deferens deff' er enz (L, defero, carry away) 

 Deltoid dell' toid (G, delta, fourth letter of the 



Greek alphabet, triangular in form) 

 Dentary den' ta ree (L, dens, tooth) 

 Dentine den' tin (or teen) (L, dens, tooth) 

 Dermal, dermis derr' mal, derr' miss (G, derma, 



skin) 

 Dermatome derr' ma tome (G, derma, skin; 



tomos, cutting) 

 Diaphragm dye' a framm (G, dia, between; 



phragnymi, to inclose) 

 Diastema dye' a stee' mah (G, interval) 

 Digastric dye gas' trik (G, di, two; gasler, belly) 

 Digitigrade dij' i ti grade (L, digilus, finger, toe; 



gradus, step, walk) 

 Diphycercal diff' ee sir' kel (G, diphyes, twofold; 



kcrkos, tail) 

 Diplospondyly dip' low spon' dy lee (G, diploos, 



double; spondytos, vertebra) 

 Duodenum diu' oh dee' num(L,duodeni, twelve) 

 Dura diu' rah (L, hard) 



Ect, ecto ekt, ek' toh (G prefix, the outer, outside) 

 Edentata ee' den tay' tab (L, e, without; dens, 



tooth) 



Efferent en" er ent (L, ejfero, to bear away from) 

 Eff erentia eff' er en' shi a (L, eff era, to bear away 



from) 

 Elasmobranch, elasmobranchii ee las' mow 



brank, -mow bran' kee eye (G, elasmos, plate; 



bronchia, gills) 



Encephalon en sef a Ion (G, enkephalos, brain) 

 End, endo end, en' dough (G prefix, within, in- 

 side) 

 Endostyle en' dough style (G, endo, within; 



stylos, column) 

 Entoderm en' toe derm (G, endo, within; derma, 



skin) 



Ep, epi epp, epp' ee (G, prefix, upon) 

 Epaxial epp axe' i al (G, epi, upon; L, axis) 

 Epidermis epp' ee derr' miss (G, epi, upon; 



derma, skin) 



Epididymis epp' ee did' y miss (G, epi, upon; 



didymos, testis) 

 Epimere epp' ee mere (G, epi, upon; meros, part) 



Epiphysis, epiphyseal e piff' ee sis, epp' ee fis' e al 

 (G, an outgrowth) 



Epiploic, epiploicum epp' ee plo' ik, -plo' ee kum 



(G, epiploon, omentum) 



Epistropheus epp' e stro' fee us (G, epi, upon; 

 strepho, turn) 



Esophagus, esophageal ee soph' a gus, ee' so faj' 

 ee al (G, oisopliagos, gullet) 



Ethmoid eth' moid (G, ethmoe, sieve) 

 Eustachian you stay' kee an (after Eustachius, 



an anatomist) 

 Ex (L prefix, out, outside) 



Excretory eks' kree toh ry (L, ex, out; cerno, 

 separate) 



Facet fas' et (L, fades, face) 

 Facial fay' shal (L, fades, face) 

 Falciform fa!' see form (L, falx, sickle) 

 Fallopian fa loh' pee an (after Fallopio, an 



anatomist) 

 Fascia fash' ee ah (L, a band or bandage) 



Fasciculus, fasciculi fa sik' yu lus, -yu lye (L, a 

 little bundle) 



Fauces fa' sees (L, throat) 



Femoral, femoris fern' oh ral, -oh riss (L, femur, 



thigh) 



Femur fee' mur (L, thigh) 

 Fenestra fee nes' trah (L, window) 

 Fibula, fibulare fib' yu lah, -yu lay' ree (L, fibula, 



clasp, buckle) 

 Filoplume fill' (or file) oh plume (L,filum, thread; 



pluma, feather) 



Fimbria fim' bree ah (L, border) 

 Flocculus flock' yu lus (L, a little piece of wool) 

 Follicle foil' i kel (L, follicnlus, a little bag) 

 Fontanelle fon'tanell' (F, a little fountain) 



Foramen, foramina fo ray' men, -ram'ee nah (L, 

 an opening) 



Fornix for' niks (L, an arch or vault) 



Fossa foss' ah (L, a pit or cavity) 



Frenulum fren' yu lum (L, a little bridle or bit) 



Frontal frun' tal (L, frons, brow) 



Fundus fun' dus (L, the bottom) 



Fungiform fun' ji form (L, fungus, a mushroom) 



Funiculus fiu nik' yu lus (L, a small rope or cord) 



Furcula fur' kiu lah (L, a little fork) 



Ganglion gan' glee on (G, a tumor) 

 Ganoid gan' old (G, ganos, bright) 

 Gasserian ga see' ri an (from a physician Gasser) 



Gastric, gastro gas' trik, gas' troh (L, gaster, 



stomach) 

 Gastrocentrous gas' troh sen' trous (L, gaster, 



stomach; centrum, center) 

 Gastrocnemius gas' trok nee' me us (G, gasler, 



stomach; kneme, shank) 

 Gastrocoel gas' troh seal (G, gaster, stomach; 



koilos, hollow) 



Gastrula gas' trew lah (L, a little stomach) 

 Geniculate ji nik' yu late (L, genii, knee) 

 Geniohyoid ji nye' oh high' oid (G, geneion, chin; 



itpsilon, a Y-shaped letter of the Greek alphabet) 

 Genital jen' i tal (L, gigno, to reproduce) 

 Genu jee' new (L, knee) 

 Germinativum jerr' mi nay tiv um (L, germino, 



to sprout) 



Glans glanz (L, an acorn) 

 Glenoid glee' noid (G, glene, a socket) 

 Glomerulus glow mer' yu lus (L, glomus, a ball 



of yarn) 

 Glossopharyngeal gloss' oh fa rin' jee al (or fare' 



in jee' al) (G, glossa, tongue; pharynx, pharynx) 



