An Anatomical Wordbook
eBook - PDF

An Anatomical Wordbook

  1. 144 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

An Anatomical Wordbook

About this book

An Anatomical Wordbook serves as a reference guide of words used in the science of Anatomy. The text aims to enhance the comprehension of all who study anatomy by providing explanations to anatomical words. The book is organized in such a way that the words are grouped together by common themes for easy cross-referencing. The groups of words found in the text include bone names, names applied to muscles, words pertaining to joint types, and anatomical words where Latin and Greek are often used. Abbreviations, common prefixes and suffixes, anatomical lines, planes and points, regions of the abdomen and head and body types are likewise presented. Anatomists, physicians, and students and workers in the field of medicine will find great use of this book.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. An Anatomical Wordbook
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Abbreviations
  7. Chapter 1. Common prefixes
  8. Chapter 2. Common suffixes
  9. Chapter 3. Some anatomical words ending in -oid
  10. Chapter 4. Some anatomical words ending in -iform
  11. Chapter 5. Some anatomical words ending in -ate
  12. Chapter 6. Words pertaining to number and quantity
  13. Chapter 7. Anatomical words where Latin and Greek synonyms are oftenused
  14. Chapter 8. Names applied to muscles
  15. Chapter 9. Bone names and their meanings
  16. Chapter 10. Names of the cranial nerves and their meanings
  17. Chapter 11. Words pertaining to joint types
  18. Chapter 12. Words pertaining to action, movement and position in space
  19. Chapter 13. Some anatomical lines, planes and points
  20. Chapter 14. The regions of the abdomen
  21. Chapter 15. Named points on the skull
  22. Chapter 16. Head types
  23. Chapter 17. Body types
  24. Chapter 18. Glossary