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LABORATORY MANUAL FOR VERTEBRATE ANATOMY 



Lymphatic — limmfat'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 Un, -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, maslos, 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, mcdiastinus, 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, mention, chin) 

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



blastos, germ) 

 Mes, meso — mess, mess' oh (G prefix, the middle) 

 Mesenchyme — mess' en kime (G, wesos, 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; pteron, 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; irema, hole or 



opening) 

 Miillerian — me Ierr' i an (after Muller, 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' Tiss, nay' rees (L, nostril) 



Necturus — nek too' rus (G, neklos, 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; 

 tame, cutting) 



Neural — niu' ral (G, neuron, nerve) 



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

 los, hollow) 



Nictitating — nik' ti lay' ting (L, nicto, wink) 

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

 Notocentrous — no' toe sen' trous (G, notos, back; 

 kentron, center) 



Notochord — no' toe kord (G, notos, back; clwrde, 

 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) 



