English > general anatomy: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | The branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals. |
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| Synonym | anatomy |
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| Category of | aboral | Opposite to or away from the mouth |
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| ampullar, ampullary | Of or related to an ampulla |
| apophysis | (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra |
| apparatus | (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function |
| asternal | not connected to the sternum or breastbone |
| astragalar | Of or relating to the anklebone |
| atrial | Of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart) |
| axillary | Of or relating to the armpit |
| azygous, azygos | Occurring singly |
| base | (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment |
| body part | Any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity |
| bregmatic | Of or relating to the bregma of the skull |
| cancellate, cancellated, cancellous | Having an open or latticed or porous structure |
| capsular | resembling a capsule |
| cavity, bodily cavity, cavum | (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus / sinus within the body |
| chiasmal, chiasmic, chiasmatic | Of or relating to a chiasm |
| cingulum | (anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth) |
| concha | (anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape |
| cornu | (anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape |
| corona | (anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape |
| costal | Of or relating to or near a rib |
| costate | Having ribs |
| cuneiform | Of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones) |
| diaphragm, midriff | (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities |
| distal | situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone |
| distal | directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body |
| distally | Far from the center |
| ectopic | Exhibiting ectopia |
| faucal | Of or relating to the fauces |
| fenestral | Of or relating to or having a fenestra |
| fissure | (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes |
| fundus | (anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening |
| groove, vallecula | (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part |
| hilus, hilum | (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ |
| iliac | Of or relating to the ilium |
| incisure, incisura | (anatomy) a notch or small hollow |
| inferior | Lower than a given reference point |
| inner | Inside or closer to the inside of the body |
| intercostal | Located or occurring between the ribs |
| intrinsic | situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts |
| joint, articulation, articulatio | (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion / motion) |
| laterally | In a lateral direction or location |
| lobe | (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part |
| meniscus, semilunar cartilage | (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet / meet at a joint |
| mesial | In or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body |
| mesomorphic, muscular | Having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer |
| navicular, scaphoid | shaped like a boat |
| oral, buccal | lying within the mouth |
| outer | On or toward the outside of the body |
| parietal | Of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium |
| partition | (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism |
| pouch, pocket | (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) |
| proximal | situated nearest to point of attachment or origin |
| punctum | (anatomy) a point or small area |
| radicle | (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve) |
| ruga | (anatomy) a fold or wrinkle or crease |
| septum | (anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities |
| sulcus | (anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain |
| sympathetic | Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system |
| tentorium | (anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum |
| tube, tube-shaped structure | (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure |
| ventricose, ventricous | Having a swelling on one side |
| wall, paries | (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure |
| zone, zona | (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure |
| Narrower | clinical anatomy, applied anatomy | The practical application of anatomical knowledge to diagnosis and treatment |
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| comparative anatomy | The study of anatomical features of animals of different species |
| developmental anatomy | The branch of anatomy that studies structural changes of an individual from fertilization to maturity |
| functional anatomy, physiological anatomy, morphophysiology | The study of anatomy in its relation to function |
| gross anatomy, macroscopic anatomy | The study of the structure of the body and its parts without the use of a microscope |
| microscopic anatomy | The study of microscopic structures of tissues and organs |
| neuroanatomy | The anatomy of the nervous system |
| osteology | The branch of anatomy that studies the bones of the vertebrate skeleton |
| regional anatomy, topographic anatomy, topology | The study of anatomy based on regions or divisions of the body and emphasizing the relations between various structures (muscles and nerves and arteries etc.) in that region |
| Broader | morphology | The branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants |
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| Spanish | anatomía |
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| Catalan | anatomia |
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