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    A Dictionary of Human Anatomy: Skeletal System
    A Dictionary of Human Anatomy: Skeletal System
    A Dictionary of Human Anatomy: Skeletal System
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    A Dictionary of Human Anatomy: Skeletal System

    By Joel E. Holloway, M.D.

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    Informative presentation of the origin and meaning of the words of the human skeletal system.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThree Yellow Feathers
    Release dateFeb 4, 2017
    ISBN9781386874386
    A Dictionary of Human Anatomy: Skeletal System
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    Joel E. Holloway, M.D.

    Joel Ellis Holloway is a Doctor of Pharmacy, a Doctor of Medicine, a Board Certified Dermatologist, and an 8th Degree Black Belt in Judo with a Doctor of Martial Arts degree.

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      A Dictionary of Human Anatomy - Joel E. Holloway, M.D.

      A DICTIONARY OF HUMAN ANATOMY

      SKELETAL SYSTEM

      A

      ACCESSARY BONES, a named bone that has failed to fuse, giving the appearance of a separate bone on x-ray.

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      ACETABULUM, Latin for a shallow vinegar vessel or cup.

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      ACROMIOCLAVICULAR ARTICULATION, for the joint between the acromion process (see) and the clavical (see).  Articulation, from Latin articulatio, jointed structured, division into joints.

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      ACROMION PROCESS, shoulder tip, from Greek, ακρον, akron, tip and ωμος, omos, shoulder.

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      ALBRECHT’S BONE, for Karl M.P. Albrecht (1851-1894), a German anatomist.

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      ALVEOLAR BONE, a diminutive of the Latin, alveus, a trough, tub or cavity.

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      ALVEOLAR SUPPORTING BONE,  bone that surrounds and supports the roots of the teeth.

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      ANULUS TYMPANICUS, the tympanic bone, anulua, Latin for a ring or circle shaped structure and tympanicus, from Greek, τυμπανον, tympanon, a kettle drum.

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      ARCUATE LINE, from Latin, arcuatus, bowed, a curvature.

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      ARTICULATION, from Latin, articulatio, the place of union, usually moveable, between two bones (sse joint).

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      ASTRAGALUS, from Greek, αστραγαλος, astragalos, a die.  Another name for the tarsal bone.

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      ATLAS, for Atlas (Ατλας), the Titan of Greek mythology who held the earth on his shoulders.

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      AXIS, from Latin, axel, axis.

      B

      BASILAR BONE, relating to the base, for the base of the occipital bone.  It is free from the condylic parts until about age five.  Also called the basioccipital bone.

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      BASIOCCIPITAL BONE, see Basilar Bone.

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      BERTIN’S BONE, for Exupere J. Bertin (1712-1781)

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      BRESCHET’S BONES, for Gilbert Breschet (1784-1845), a French anatomist.

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      BULLA, Latin for a bubble, a bleb.

      C

      CALCANEAL BONE, relating to the calcaneus or calcaneum, Latin for the heel.

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      CAPITATE BONE, from Latin, caput, the head.

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      CAPITULUM, Latin for a small head.

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      CARPAL BONES, from Latin, carpus, the wrist.

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      CERVICAL VERTEBRAE, from Latin, cervix, the neck and Latin, vertebrae, a joint in the body, one of the joints making up the spine.  It is used in anatomy to indicate the bony segments of the spine .

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      CLAVICLE, from Latin, clavis, a door key, also a bar for turning a press.

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      COCCYGEAL VERTEBRA, from Greek, κοκκυξ, kokkus, the Greek name for this bone, it also means a cockoo, among other meanings and vertebra, Latin for a joint in the body, a joint in the spine.  In anatomy it is used to indicate the bony  part of the spine.

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      COCCYX, from Greek, κοκκυξ, kokkux, the Greek name for this bone, it also mean a cuckoo, among other meanings.

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      CONCHA, Latin for a sea shell.

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      CONDYLE, from Greek, κονδυλος, kondulos, a knuckle, used for the rounded articular surface at the extremety of a bone.

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      CONOID TUBERCLE, conoid is the same as coracoid (see), tubercle is a diminutive of the Latin, tuber, a swelling.

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      CORACOID PROCESS, like a crow’s crow’s beak, from Greek, κορακωδης, korakodes, like a crow’s beak.

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      COXAL BONE, from Latin, coxa, hip.

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      CRANIUM, from Medieval Latin in turn from German, kranion, skull.

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      CRIBRIFORM, Latin for having the form of a sieve.

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      CRISTA COLLI COSTAE, Latin for crest of the hill of a rib, for the sharp upper margin of a rib.

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      CRISTA CONCHALIS, Latin for the crest of the concha, for theridge on the nasal surface of the body of themaxilla that joins the inferior nasal concha.

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      CRISTA DENTALIS,  Latin for the dental crest.

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      CRISTA ETHMOIDALIS, Latin for the ethmoid crest, a ridge on the upper part of the nasal surface of the frontal process of the maxilla that joins with the anterior portion of the middle turbinate.

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      CRISTA

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