GENERAL ANATOMICAL TERMS 



General Anatomical Terms 



Accessory 



Berry 



Entrance 



Wing (contraction of 

 axilla) 



Little hollow 



Flask 



Angle 



Handle or loop 



Cave 



Opening 



Tip 



Appendage 



Arch 



Space 



Base 



Arm 



Small channel 



Canal 



Capsule 



Head 



Little head 



Cartilage 



Small piece of flesh 



Tail 



Cavern 



Hole or cavity 



Little chamber or cell 



Circle 



Cistern 



Neck 



Column or pillar 



Connection or commis- 

 sure 



Horn 

 2 



Wreath, garland, or crown 



Body 



Little body or corpuscle 



Crest 



Leg or limb 



Decussation or crossing 



Back 



Little duct 



Duct 



Eminence or protuberance 



Endothelium 



Epithelium 



Extremity 



Face or surface 



Bandage or band 



A little bundle or packet 



Fibre or filament 



Fibrocartilage 



Thread 



Fissure or cleft 



Bending 



Leaf 



Little sac or bag 



Hole, aperture, or opening 



Formation 



Arch or vault 



Ditch or trench 



Little fossa 



Pit 



Little pit 



Cord or rein 



Bottom 



Thin rope, cord, or string 



Little knee or knot 



Knee 



Gland 



Little skein 



Skein 



Hilus 



Liquid or fluid 



Joint 



Impression 



Incision or notch 



Funnel 



Intestine or inward 



Isthmus 



Lip 



Gap, defect 



Plate or layer 



Broad; flank 



Ligament 



Border or fringe 



Threshold, boundary 



Line 



Fluid or liquid 



A little lobe 



Lobe 



Spot , 



Margin 



Mass 



Way or passage 



Marrow 



Membrane 



Limb or member 



Mucus 



Muscle 



Nerve 



Nodule 



Nucleus or kernel 



Organ 



