The Human Body: Anatomical Terms (#3)
Ramus: a branch, which, when translated, is used to describe smaller arteries, veins and nerves arising from their parent vessels or nerves
Raphe: a seam where two similar sheets of tissue unite
Rete: a network, used to describe plexuses of small canals, nerves or vessels
Retinaculum: a band of connective tissue, usually connected at both ends to bone, which keeps tendons or other structures in place
Rima: a cleft or fissure that refers to a narrow oval or oblong opening
Root: the part of a nerve or organ which arises from another structure
Sac: a bag-like cavity or pouch
Septum: a dividing wall or partition
Sinus: a recess, a cavity or hollow space, a dilated channel for venous blood or a small tunnel
Space: a clearly demarcated segment of tissue or potential cavity
Spine: a small, sharp-pointed projection from a bone
Stria: a streak or stripe, sometimes slightly elevated
Stroma: supporting fibrous framework of tissue
Substantia: means substance or matter
Sulcus: a groove
Taenia: a flat band or tape, applied to a narrow strip of muscle
Tegmen: roof
Tela: means a web and describes a thin web-like membrane. Loosely translated, it can mean tissue
Tendon: a cord of connective tissue into which muscles fibers end by which a muscle is attached to bone or other structures
Trabecula: means a beam or bar
Tract: a bundle of fibers, often nerve fibers, having similar origins and terminations
Trigonum: a triangular space or area
Trochlea: pulley
Tuber: an enlargement or swelling
Tubercle: an eminence on a bone, usually smoother than a tuberosity
Tuberosity: a rough eminence on a bone
Tunica: a covering or coat around muscle or hollow viscera
Uvula: means little grape, usually referring to the small fleshy appendage that hangs from the soft palate
Vallecula: a wide depression, furrow or valley
Valve: a fold in an artery, vein or duct which prevents reflux of its contents
Vas: a tubular structure
Velum: means a veil or curtain
Veins: vessels that return blood from capillaries to the heart
Viscus: any organ of the digestive, respiratory or urogenital systems, or ductless gland. Viscera is the plural
The following web site does a great job of relating this information: http://home.comcast.net/~wnor/terminologyanatplanes.htm
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