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LABORATORY MANUAL FOR VERTEBRATE ANATOMY 



Pygal pye'gal (G, pyge, rump) 



Pygostyle pye' go style (G, pyge, rump; stylos, 



column) 

 Pylorus pye loh' rus (G, pyloros, gatekeeper) 



Quadrate kwad' rate (L, quadratus, square) 

 Quadriceps kwad' ree seps (L, quattuor, four; 

 caput, head) 



Rachis ray' kis (G, spine) 



Radial, radiale, radius ray' dee al, ray' dee ay' 



lee, -dee us (L, radius, ray) 

 Ramus, rami ray' mus, ray' mee (L, a branch) 

 Raphe ray' fee (G, seam) 

 Rectrices rek try' sees (L, rectus, straight) 

 Rectum, rectus rek' tum,-tus (L,rectus, straight) 

 Remiges rem' i jeez (L, remus, oar) 

 Renal ree' nal (L, renes, kidneys) 

 Reptilia, reptile rep till' ee ah, rep' till (L, rep- 



tihts, reptile, from repo, creep) 

 Respiratory re spire' a toh' ree (or res' pee rah 



toh' ree) (L, respiro, breathe back) 

 Rete ree' tee (L, net) 

 Retina ret' i nah (L, rete, net) 

 Retro ret' roh (L prefix, back, backward) 

 Rhinal rye' nal (G, rhis, nose) 

 Rhomb, rhombo romb, romm' boh (L or G prefix, 



referring to a geometric figure, a kind of parallel- 

 ogram) 

 Rhomb oideus rom boy' dee us (L, rhombus, or G, 



rhombos, rhomboid in form) 

 Rhyncocephalia rin' koh see fay' lee ah (G, rhyn- 



chos, snout; kephale, head) 

 Rodent, rodentia row' dent, row den' she ah (L, 



rodcns, gnawing) 

 Rostral, rostrum ross' tral, -trum (L, rostrum, 



beak) 



Sacculus sak' yu lus (L, little sac) 

 Sacral, sacrum say' cral, -krum (L, sacer, sacred) 

 Sagittal saj' i tal (L, sagitta, arrow) 

 Salivary sail' i vay' ree (L, saliva, spit) 

 Sartorius sar toe' ree us (L, sartor, tailor) 

 Sauropsida sah ropp' si dah (G, sauros, lizard; 



opsis, appearance) 

 Scalene, scalenes skay' lean, skay' leans (G, 



skalenos, uneven) 



Scapula skap' yu lah (L, shoulder blade) 

 Sciatic sigh at' ik (L, sciaticus, originally ischia- 



dicus, from G, ischion, hip) 

 Sclera sklay' rah (G, skleros, hard) 

 Sclerotic skle rot' ik (G, skleros, hard) 

 Sclerotome skle' roh tome (G, skleros, hard; 



tome, cutting) 

 Scrotal, scrotum skroh' tal, -turn (L, uncertain 



origin) 



Scute skiut (L, scutum, shield) 

 Sell a sell' ah (L, a seat or saddle) 



Semilunar semm' i liu' nar (L, semi, half; luna, 



moon) - 



Seminal semm' i nal (L, semen, seed) 

 Seminiferous semm' i niff' er ous (L, semen, 



seed; fero, to bear) 

 Septum sepp' turn (L, fence, wall) 

 Serosa see row' sah (L, serum, serum) 

 Serratus se rate' us (L, serra, saw) 

 Sesamoid sess' a moid (G, sesamon, a plant, 



referring to the shape of the seeds) 

 Sinus sigh' nus (L, sinus, curve) 

 Skeletogenous skell' e toj' ee nous (G, skeleton, 



from skello, make dry) 

 Solar soh' lar (L, sol, the sun) 

 Soleus soh' lee us (L, solea, sole of the foot) 

 Somatic soh mat' ik (G, soma, body) 

 Somatopleure soh' ma toe plure (G, soma, body; 



pleura, side) 



Somite soh' might (G, soma, body) 

 Spermatic sperr mat' ik (L, sperma, sperm) 

 Sphenodon sfee' noh don (G, sphen, wedge; 



odo n, tooth) 



Sphenoid sfee' noid (G, sphen, wedge) 

 Spiracle spear' ah kel (or spire' ah kel) (L, spi- 



raculum, air hole) 

 Splanchnic splank' nik (G, splanchnon, one of 



the viscera) 

 Splanchnopleure splank' noh plure (G, splanch- 



non, aviscus; pleura, side) 

 Splenial, splenic splee' nee al, splenn' ik (G, 



splen, spleen) 



Splenius splee' nee us (G, splenion, bandage) 

 Squamata skwa may' tah (L, squama, scale) 

 Squamosal skwa moh' sal (L, squama, scale) 

 Stapes stay' peez (L, stirrup) 

 Stegocephala steg' oh seff' ah lah (G, stego, cover; 



kephale, head) 

 Sternebra, sternebrae stir' ne brah, -bree (G, 



sternon, breastbone; L, vertebra, joint) 

 Sterno stir' noh (G combining word, sternon, 



breastbone) 



Sternum stir' numm (G, sternon, breastbone) 

 Stomodaeum stow' moh dee um (G, stoma, 



mouth; daio, divide) 



Stratum stray' turn (L, a spread or cover) 

 Striatum stry ay' turn (L, stria, furrow) 

 Stylo sty' loh (G combining word, stylos, column) 

 Sub subb (L prefix, under) 

 Subclavian subb clay' vee an (L, sub t under; 



clavis, key, referring to the clavicle) 

 Sulcus, sulci sull' kuss, sull' sigh (L, a furrow or 



groove) 

 Supine sue' pine (L, supino, to put on the 



back) 



Supra siu' prah (L prefix, above) 

 Suture siu' chur (L, suo, to sew) 

 Symphysis sirnrn' fee sis (G, union) 



