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LABORATORY MANUAL FOR VERTEBRATE ANATOMY 



Lymphatic limm fat' ik (L, lympha, clear water) 

 Lymphocytes limph' oh sites (L, lympha, clear 

 water; G, kytos, hollow place) 



Major may' jor (L, the greater) 

 Malar may' lar (L, mala, cheek) 

 Malleolus, malleoli ma lee' oh lus, -oh lye (L, 



little hammer) 



Malleus mahl' ee us (L, hammer) 

 Malpighian, malpighii mahl pig' ee an, -ee eye 



(after Malpighi, an Italian biologist) 

 Mamillary (or mammillary) mam' ill lay ree (L, 



mamma, breast) 



Mammal mam' mal (L, mamma, breast) 

 Mammalia ma may' lee ah (L, mamma, breast) 

 Mammary mam' a ree (L, mamma, breast) 

 Mandible, mandibular man' di bl, man dib' yu 



lar (L, mandibula, jaw) 

 Manubrium ma niu' bree um (L, handle) 

 Manus may' nuss (L, hand) 

 Marsupial, marsupialia marr siu' pee al, mar siu' 



pee ay' lee ah (L, marsupium, pouch) 

 Masseter ma see' ter (G, maseter, a chew) 

 Mastoid mass' toid (G, mastos, breast) 

 Mater may' ter (L, mother) 

 Maxilla, maxillary maks ill' ah, maks' i lay ree 



(L, maxilla, jawbone) 

 Maximus maks' i mus (L, the largest) 

 Meatus mee ate' us (L, passage) 

 Mediastinal, mediastinum mee' dee ass tie' nal, 



-num (L, mediastinus, being in the middle) 

 Medius mee' di us (L, middle) 

 Medulla, medullary me dull' lah, medd' u lay ree 



(L, medulla, marrow, pith) 

 Meninx, meninges mee' ninks, mee nin' jees (G, 



membrane) 



Mental men' tal (L, mentum, chin) 

 Meroblastic merr' oh bias' tik (G, meros, part; 



blastos, germ) 



Mes, meso mess, mess' oh (G prefix, th< middle) 

 Mesenchyme mess' en kime (G, mesas, middle; 



enchyma, in a fluid) 

 Mesenteric, mesentery mess' en tare' Ik, -y (G, 



mesos, middle; enter on, gut) 

 Mesoderm mess' oh derm (G, mesos, middle; 



derma, skin) 

 Mesogaster mess' oh gas' ter (G, mesos, middle; 



gaster, stomach) 

 Mesomere mess' oh mere (G, mesos, middle; 



meros, part) 

 Mesopterygium mess' op terr yg' ee um (G, 



mesos, middle; ptefon, wing) 

 Mesorchium mess or' kee um (G, mesos, middle; 



orchis, testis) 

 Mesotubarium mess' oh tiu bay' ri um (G, mesos, 



middle; L, tubus, tube) 

 Mesovarium mess oh vay' ree um (G, mesos, 



middle; L, ovum, egg) 



Met, meta met, met' ah (L or G prefix, between. 



after, reversely) 

 Metacarpal met' a kar' pal (G, meta, after; kar- 



POS, wrist) 

 Metacromion met' a krow' mee on (G, meta, 



after; akromion, point of the shoulder) 

 Metamere, metamerism met' a mere, met' a mer 



izm (G, meta, after; meros, part) 

 Metapleural met' a plu' ral (G, meta, after; 



pleura, side) 

 Metapterygium met ap' ter yg' ee um (G, meta, 



after; pteron, wing) 

 Metatarsal met' a tar' sal (G, meta, after; tar- 



sos, a flat surface) 

 Minimus min' i mus (L, the least) 

 Minor my' nor (L, the lesser) 

 Mitral my' tral (F, mitre, a peaked cap) 

 Molar mow' lar (L, mola, millstone) 

 Monotremata, monotreme mon' oh tremm' a 



tah, -treem (G, monos, one; trema, hole or 



opening) 

 Mullerian me lerr' i an (after Miiller, a German 



physiologist) 



Multifidus mull tiff' i dus (L, many cleft) 

 Myelon my' e Ion (G, marrow) 

 Mylohyoid my' low high' oid (G, myle, mill; 



upsilon, the letter y) 

 Myocomma, myocommata my' o komm' ah, 



-komm' a tah (G, mys, muscle;' komma, that 



which is cut off) 

 Myotome my' oh tome (G, mys, muscle; tome, 



cutting) 



Naris, Nares nay' riss, nay' rees (L, nostril) 



Necturus nek too' rus (G, nektos, swimming; 

 oura, tail) 



Nephros neff' ross (G, kidney) 



Nephrostome neff' row stome (G, nephros, kid- 

 ney; stoma, mouth) 



Nephrotome neff' row tome (G, nephros, kidney; 

 tome, cutting) 



Neural niu' ral (G, neuron, nerve) 



Neurocoel niu' row seal (G, neuron, nerve; koi- 

 los, hollow) 



Nictitating nik' ti tay' ting (L, nicto, wink) 



Nodosal no dose' al (L, nodosus, knotty) 



Notocentrous no' toe sen' trous (G, nolos, back; 

 kentron, center) 



Notochord no' toe kord (G, notos, back; chorde, 

 string) 



Nuchal new' kal (L, nucha, nape of the neck) 



Oblongata ob Ion gay' tah (L, oblongus, oblong) 

 Obturator ob tiu ray' ter (L, obturo, to close, 



shut) 

 Occipital ok sip' i tal (L, occiput, back of the 



head) 

 Oculomotor ok' yu loh mow' tor (L, oculus, eye 



motor, mover) 



