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LABORATORY MANUAL FOR VERTEBRATE ANATOMY 



Defer ens 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) 



Facet fas' et (L, fades, face) 

 Facial fay' shal (L, fades, face) 

 Falciform fal' 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) 



Digastric dye gas' trik (G, di, two; gaster, belly) Fenestra fee nes' trah (L, window) 



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



gradus, step, walk) 

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



kerkos, tail) 

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



double; spondylos, vertebra) 

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

 Dura diu' rah (L, hard) 



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, folliculus, a little bag) 

 Fontanelle fon' ta nell' (F, a little fountain) 



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

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

 tooth) 



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

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



Bff erent^-eff' er ent (L, e/ero, to bear away from) Fossa foss' ah (L, a pit or cavity) 



Eff erentia eff' er en' shi a (L, e/ero, to bear away 

 from) 



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

 Frontal frun' tal (L, frons, brow) 



Elasmobranch, elasmobranchit ee las' mow Fundus fun' dus (L, the bottom) 



brank, -mow bran' kee eye (G, elasmos, plate; Fungiform fun' ji form (L, fungus, a mushroom) 

 branchia, 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) 



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' oid (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, gaster, 



stomach; kneme, shank) 

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



koilos, hollow) 



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

 G eniculate ji nik' yu late (L, genu, knee) 

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



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



Epistropheus epp' e stro' fee us (G, epi, upon; Genital jen' i tal (L, gigno, to reproduce) 



strepho, turn) 

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



ee al (G, oisophagos, 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) 



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) 



