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Medical Terms for Body Parts

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auri
a combining form meaning "ear":
calcanei
n.,
the largest tarsal bone, forming the prominence of the heel.
carpal
n.,
any of the bones of the wrist.
epidermis
n.
the outer, nonvascular, nonsensitive layer of the skin, covering the true skin or corium.
femur
n.,
a bone in the human leg extending from the pelvis to the knee, that is the longest, largest, and strongest in the body; thighbone.
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glossa
n.,
the tongue.
hallux
n.,
the first or innermost digit of the foot of humans and other primates or of the hind foot of other mammals; great toe; big toe.
jugular
adj.
of or pertaining to the throat or neck.
mandible
n.
the bone of the lower jaw.
nares
plural n.,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
patella
n.,
the flat, movable bone at the front of the knee; kneecap.
pelvis
n.,
the basinlike cavity in the lower part of the trunk of many vertebrates, formed in humans by the innominate bones, sacrum, etc.
pollex
n.,
the innermost digit of the forelimb; thumb.
umbilicus
n.,
the depression in the center of the surface of the abdomen indicating the point of attachment of the umbilical cord to the embryo; navel.
tibia
noun
the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle; the shinbone

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