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FREQUENTLY USED TERMS IN ANATOMY - Coggle Diagram
FREQUENTLY USED TERMS IN ANATOMY
DECUSSATION
Same as a chiasma. A crossing of fibers in the form of a X.
DIGITATION
A finger- like process of muscles
DISC
A flat round structure is usually applied to plates of cartilage in joints
DUCT
A tube for the passage of fluid, especially secretions of glands. A ductile is a small duct.
EPITHELIUM
The epithelium is a type of body tissue that forms the covering on all internal and external surfaces of your body, lines body cavities and hollow organs and is the major tissue in glands
FASCIA
The tissue which lies immediately deep into the skin known as subcutaneous tissue. it usually consists of a layer of connective tissue that contains fat, and of a deep and more fibrous layer that adheres to the surface of the underlying muscle and vessels. These layers are known as superficial and deep fascia respectively. Fascia surrounds every muscle, organ, vessel, and nerve in the body
FOLD
A ridge formed where a membrane double back itself
FILUM
Literally meaning a "thread". This name is given to several thread- like structures such as the filum terminal, the lower extension of the pia mater of the spinal cord
FORAMEN
A hole, often in a bone or between adjacent bones
FOSSA
A "ditch", usually referring to a shallow depression or cavity
FOVEA
A small pit or fossa
FRENULUM
A small fold of the mucous coat limits the movement of the structure to which it is attached
FUNDUS
Used to denote the widest part of a hollow organ
GANGLION
Swelling on the course of a nerve. Usually corresponds to a collection of nerve cells.
GENU
Mean knee. Geniculum is sometimes applied to a bent part of a structure
GYRUS
A fold or convolution of the cerebral cortex
HILUM
A depression or notch where blood vessels enter or leave an organ
HUMOR
Applied to fluids of the eye
INFUNDIBULUM
A funnel - shaped passage
INTERDIGITATE
An interlocking of structures by finger- like processes, as when the fingers of the two hands are interposed
INVAGINATE
A process when part of a wall of a structure is pushed inwards so that the structure which invaginates the membrane becomes partly unsheathed by it
ISTHMUS
A narrow part of the duct or other passage, or a narrow strip of tissue connecting two wider parts of an organ