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Anatomy Vocabulary T-Z Flashcards

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T lymphocyte that directly kills eukaryotic foreign cells, cancer cells, or virus-infected body cells.

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T Cell (Killer T Cell, T-Lymphocyte)

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Pertaining to the ankle.

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Tarsal

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Pertaining to the sides of the skull.

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Temporal

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Inferior portion of the sides and base of the cranium, inferior to the parietal bones and anterior to the occipital bone.

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Temporal Bones

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The concave surface of the head overlying the temporal bone.

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Temporal Cavity

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Muscle of mastication which helps to close the mandible (the strongest chewing muscles).

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Temporalis Muscles

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Band or cord of fibrous connective tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone.

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Tendon

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Chest.

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Thorax

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The smallest blood cells who are produced in the red bone marrow with the primary function to help form clots in the walls of broken blood vessels.

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Thrombocytes (Platelets)

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The formation or presence of an attached blood clot.

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Thrombosis

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Organ of the immune system that is essential for the production of T cells (T Lymphocytes); located in the anterior thorax.

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Thymus

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Latin for shin bone.

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Tibia

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Refers to the study of surface shape and form of the human body.

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Topographical Anatomy (Surface Anatomy)

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Crosswise, lying across the long axis of the body or of a part.

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Transverse

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The part of the colon that passes horizontally across the abdomen, below the love, stomach, and spleen, and is above the small intestine.

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Transverse Colon

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Furrows which cross the forehead; acquired facial markings.

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Transverse Frontal Sulci

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A tube about 11cm long that extends from the larynx in the neck to the bronchi in the thoracic cavity.

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Trachea (Windpipe)

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Depression between the crura of the ear; the second deepest depression of the ear.

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Triangular Fossa

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The heart valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle.

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Tricuspid Valve

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A very large projection; example: greater ____ of the femur.

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Trochanter

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A small, rounded projection. Example: Rib _____.

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Tubercle

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A large, rounded projection; example ischial _______..

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Tuberosity

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Consisting of tubes and alveoli, as in a ________ salivary gland.

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Tubulo-Alveolar

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An abnormal growth of cells, a swelling; a neoplasm; can be cancerous.

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Tumor

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A covering or coat; a layer of membrane tissue.

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Tunica

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The outer, fibroelastic coat of a blood vessel or other tubular structure comprised of connective tissue.

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Tunica Adventitia (Tunica Externa)

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The inner, serous coat of an artery comprised of smooth muscle.

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Tunica Intima (Tunica Interna)

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The middle, usually muscular, coat of an artery or other tubular structure comprised of smooth muscle.

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Tunica Media

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One of the outer layers of a part, especially of a hollow organ or blood.

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Tunics

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30
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The universal recipient.

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Type AB Blood

31
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The universal donor.

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Type O Blood

32
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Erosion of the surface of an organ or tissue, such as a peptic _____ in the wall of the stomach or small intestine.

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Ulcer

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The tubes leading from the kidney to the urinary bladder.

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Ureter

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The tube leading from the urinary bladder to the external surface of the body.

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Urethra

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Pertaining to the secretion or containment of urine.

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Urinary

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Composed of kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra.

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Urinary System

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Latin for a little grape; projection hanging from the soft palate.

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Uvula

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Any one of various membranous structures in a hollow organ or passage that temporarily closes to permit the flow of fluid in one direction only.

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Valve

39
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Vessel or duct.

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Vas

40
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Pertaining to or composed of blood vessels.

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Vascular

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The blood vessels; the arteries, capillaries, and veins.

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Vascular System

42
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The second section of the spermatic duct.

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Vas Deferens

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These are the minute vessels that supply blood to the outer layers.

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Vasa Vasorum

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Narrowing of blood vessels, normally through the contraction of smooth muscle cells in the vessel walls.

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Vasoconstriction

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Relaxation of smooth muscle cells in the walls of blood vessels, causing the vessels to dilate.

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Vasodilation

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Wide, of great size.

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Vastus

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Vessels carrying blood to the heart. Exception: the portal ____ carries blood to the liver.

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Veins

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Of or near the belly; in humans, front or anterior, opposite of dorsal or posterior.

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Ventral (Anterior)

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Small cavity; in the heart, those chambers which pump blood away from the heart.

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Ventricle

50
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Very small veins which walls are comprised of smooth muscle and endothelia cells.

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Venules

51
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A long worm-shaped tissue which extends to the lower portion of the cecum. Its mucous lining may become inflamed, a condition known as appendicitis.

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Vermiform Appendix

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The spine or spinal column, formed of a number of bones called vertebrae, the discs between those vertebrae, and two composite bones (sacrum and coccyx).

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Vertebral Column

53
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The top of the head.

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Vertex

54
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Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon, balanced.

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Vertical

55
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One in which the forehead and the eyebrows project equally to a vertical line and the chin protrudes more than the superior mucous membrane.

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Vertical-Concave Profile

56
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One in which the forehead and the eyebrows project equally to a vertical line and the chin recedes less than the superior mucous membrane.

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Vertical-Convex Profile

57
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One in which the forehead, upper lip and chin project equally to an imaginary vertical line.

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Vertical Profile

58
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A small, liquid-filled sac; also refers to the urinary bladder.

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Vesicle

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Pertaining to the viscera (internal organs enclosed within a cavity, especially the abdominal organs).

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Visceral

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The state of being sticky or gummy; resistance offered by a fluid to change from or relative position of its particles due to attraction of molecules to each other.

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Viscosity

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The semi-fluid, transparent substance which lies between the retina and lens of the eyeball.

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Vitreous Humor

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Bone of the nasal cavity situated between the nasal passages on the median plane; it forms the inferior and posterior portion of the septum of the nose.

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Vomer Bone

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White substance of the central nervous system; contains tracts of myelinated nerve fibers.

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White Matter

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Sword-shaped.

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Xiphoid

65
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Yoke.

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Zygoma

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The processes on the temporal and zygomatic bones; determines the widest part of the face.

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Zygomatic Arch

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One of the lesser concavities of the face located on the lateral portion of the cheek inferior to the zygomatic arch.

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Zygomatic Arch Depression

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Small bones of the cheeks; widest part of the cheek.

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Zygomatic Bones

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The lateral rim of the eye socket formed by a process of the frontal bone and a process of the zygomatic bone.

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Zygomaticofrontal Process

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Muscles of the face which draw the superior lip posteriorly, superiorly, and anteriorly.

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Zygomaticus Major Muscles (Smiling Muscle)

71
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Muscles of the face which draw the superior lip superiorly and anteriorly.

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Zygomaticus Minor Muscles

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A thin projection from the temporal bone bounding its squamous portion; a part of the malar bone helping to form the zygoma.

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Zygomatic Process

73
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Fertilized egg.

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Zygote

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