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LABORATORY MANUAL FOR VERTEBRATE ANATOMY 



Deferens — 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) 

 Digastric — dye gas' trik (G, di, two; gaster, belly) 

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



gradas, step, walk) 

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



kerkos, tail) 

 Diplospondylj — dip' low spon' dy lee (G, diploos, 



double; spondylos, vertebra) 

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

 Dura — diu' rah (L, hard) 



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

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



tooth) 

 Efferent — eff' er ent (L, efero, to bear away from) 

 Eff erentia — eff' er en' shi a (L, efero, to bear away 



from) 

 Elasmobranch, elasmobranchii — ee las' mow 



brank, -mow bran' kee eye (G, elasmos, plate; 



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) 

 Epistropheus — epp' e stro' fee us (G, epi, upon; 



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; ccrno, 



separate) 



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) 

 Fenestra— fee nes' trah (L, window) 

 Fibula, fibulare — fib' yu lah, -yu lay' ree (L, fibula, 



clasp, buckle) 

 Filoplume — fill' (or file) oh plume (L,ftlum, 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) 

 Foramen, foramina — fo ray' men, -ram' ee nah (L, 



an opening) 

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

 Fossa — foss' ah (L, a pit or cavity) 

 Frenulum — $ren' yu lum (L, a little bridle or bit) 

 Frontal— frun' tal (L, frons, brow) 

 Fundus — fun' dus (L, the bottom) 

 Fungiform — fun' ji form (L, fungus, a mushroom) 

 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) 

 Geniculate — ji nik' yu late (L, genu, knee) 

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

 ups Hon, a Y-shaped letter of the Greek alphabet) 

 Genital — jen' i tal (L, gigno, to reproduce) 

 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) 



