INTRODUCTION 



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Cms (leg or limb). 

 Decussatio (decussation or crossing). 

 Dorsum (back). 

 Ductulus (little duct). 

 Ductus (duct). 



Eminentia (eminence or protuber- 

 ance). 



Endothelium (endothelium). 

 Epithelium ( epithelium ) . 

 Extremitas ( extremity ) . 

 Facies (face or surface). 

 Fascia (bandage or band). 

 Fasciculus (a little bundle or packet). 

 Fibra (fibre or filament). 

 Fibrocartilago ( fibrocartilage ) . 

 Filum (thread). 

 Fissura (fissure or cleft). 

 Flexura (bending). 

 Folium (leaf). 

 Folliculus (little sac or bag). 

 Foramen (hole, aperture, opening). 

 Formatio (formation). 

 Fornix (arch or vault). 

 Fossa (ditch or trench). 

 Fossula (little fossa). 

 Fovea (pit). 

 Foveola (little pit). 

 Frenulum (cord or rein). 

 Fundus (bottom). 



Funiculus (thin rope, cord, or string). 

 Geniculum (little knee or knot). 

 Genu (knee). 

 Glandula (gland). 

 Glomerulus (little skein). 

 Glomus (skein). 

 Hilus (hilus). 

 Humor (liquid or fluid). 

 Junctura ( j oint ) . 

 Impressio (impression). 

 Incisura (incision or notch). 

 Inf undibulum ( funnel ) . 

 Intestinum (intestine or inward). 

 Isthmus (isthmus). 

 Labinm (lip). 

 Lacuna (gap, defect). 

 Lamina (plate or layer). 

 Latus (broad; flank). 

 Ligamentum (ligament). 

 Limbus (border or fringe). 

 Limen (threshold or boundary). 

 Linea (line). 



Liquor (fluid or liquid). 

 Lobulus (a little lobe). 

 Lobus (lobe). 

 Macula (spot). 

 Margo (margin). 

 Massa (mass). 

 Meatus (way or passage). 

 Medulla (marrow). 

 Membrana ( membrane ) . 

 Membrum (limb or member). 

 Mucus (mucus). 

 Musculus (muscle). 

 Nervus (nerve). 

 Nodulus (nodule). 

 Nucleus (nucleus or kernel). 

 Organon (organ). 

 Orificium (orifice). 

 Os, oris (mouth). 

 Os, ossis (bone). 

 Ostium (entrance). 

 Papilla (papilla or nipple). 

 P arenchy ma ( p arenchy ma ) . 

 Paries (wall). 



Perichondrium ( perichondrium ) . 

 Periosteum ( periosteum ) . 

 Plexus (plexus). 

 Plica (fold). 

 Polus (pole). 

 Processus (process). 

 Prominentia (prominence or projec- 

 tion). 



Punctum (point or small puncture). 

 Radix (root). 



Ramulus (little branch or twig). 

 Ramus (branch). 

 Raphe (raphe or seam). 

 Recessus (recess). 

 Regio (region or territory). 

 Rete (net or net-work). 

 Rim a (slit or fissure). 

 Rudimentum ( rudiment ) . 

 Septulum (little septum). 

 Septum (partition). 

 Sinus (sinus). 

 Spatium (space). 

 Spina (spine or thorn). 

 Stratum (layer or covering). 

 Stria (furrow, stripe, or ridge). 

 Stroma (stroma, orbed). 

 Substantia (substance). 

 Succus (juice). 



