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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, qualtuor, 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- 



lilus, reptile, from repo, creep) 

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



toh' ree) (L, rcspiro, 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) 

 Rhomboideus — rom boy' dee us (L, rhombus, or G, 



rhombos, rhomboid in form) 

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



chos, snout; kephale, head) 

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



rodens, 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, sklcros, hard) 



Sclerotic — skle rot' ik (G, sklcros, hard) 



Sclerotome — skle' roh tome (G, sklcros, hard; 

 tome, cutting) 



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



origin) 

 Scute — skiut (L, scutum, shield) 

 Sella — 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 sketto, make dry) 

 Solar — soh' Iar (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; 



odon, tooth) 

 Sphenoid— sfee' noid (G, sphen, wedge) 

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



raculutn, air hole) 

 Splanchnic — splank' nik (G, splanchnon, one of 



the viscera) 

 Splanchnopleure — splank' noh plure (G, splanch- 

 non, a viscus; 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, 



stcrnon, 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, under; 



clavis, key, referring to the clavicle) 

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



groove) 



Supine — sue' pine (L, siipino, to put on the 

 back) 



Supra — siu' prah (L prefix, above) 



Suture — siu' chur (L, suo, to sew) 



Symphysis — simm' fee sis (G, union) 



