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A discussion of the fascinating histories behind the words used in human anatomy.
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All posts are by Dr. A. Carey Carpenter, Palomar College, San Marcos California, and are taken from a book he is writing on the etymology of anatomical words titled Tough Mother in a Turkish Saddle.
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Please feel free to provide corrections or additional information in the comments. All credit will be given for any contributions that end up in the book.
All posts are by Dr. A. Carey Carpenter, Palomar College, San Marcos California, and are taken from a book he is writing on the etymology of anatomical words titled Tough Mother in a Turkish Saddle.
Email Dr.C.
Please feel free to provide corrections or additional information in the comments. All credit will be given for any contributions that end up in the book.
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- Autonomic, from the Greek auto, self, and nomo, la...
- Myelin, from the Greek myelos, marrow.Myelin was d...
- Insula, directly from insula, Latin for island; t...
- Henle, Friedrich Gustav Jakob (born ...
- Hyoid, from the Greek letter Υ (upsilon) and eidus...
- Infundibulum, Latin for funnel.The uterine tubes a...
- Ampulla: the expanded, usually terminal region of ...
- Fibula, directly from the Latin fibula, a Roman cl...
- Iris, directly from the Greek iris, rainbow. Arist...
- Posting will be intermittent over the next few day...
- Molar, from the Latin mola, mill or millstone. The...
- Clavicle, the collarbone: the slender, sigmoid-sha...
- Muscle comes from the Latin for "little mouse",...
- The acetabulum of the pelvic bone, the ...
- Malar - relating to the cheek. From the Latin mala...
- Fascicle comes from fasciculus, the diminutive of ...
- Coccyx, the tail bone, comes from kokkyx, Greek fo...
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