2/12/08

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From the archives: Aorta has an uncertain derivation. The first recorded mention of the word was by Hippocrates in the 5 th century BC who...
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2/6/08

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From the archives: Biceps comes from the Latin words bis (twice) and caput (head). The biceps brachii is a muscle with two "heads...
1/29/08

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From the archives: Coronary , from the Latin corona, garland, wreath, or crown. Corona is also Latin for boundary. When viewed from above, i...
1/22/08

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From the archive: Amygdala , Greek for almond. A mass of gray matter located within the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; It has the shape and...
1/15/08

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From the archives: Tragus , from the Latin tragos , goat: the skin-covered, cartilaginous flap just anterior to the opening of the external ...
1/10/08

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From the archives: Cauda equina comes from the Latin cauda (tail) and equina (horse). The "horse's tail" is an appropriately ...
1/9/08

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From the archives: Adventitia comes from the Latin word adventicius, foreign, which in turn is derived from adventus , arrival (formed by a...
1/8/08

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From the archives: Adam’s apple : The anterior lump in the neck, formed by the laryngeal prominence of the thyroid cartilage, the largest...
1/7/08

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From the archive: Muscle comes from the Latin for "little mouse", musculus (the diminutive of mus ) . Two explanations are us...
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1/4/08

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From the archives: Cubital , from the Latin cubitus, elbow; also: the distance from the elbow to the fingertips (a "cubit"), an an...
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1/3/08

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From the archives: Iris , directly from the Greek iris, rainbow. Aristotle also used the term to describe the bright halos that sometimes en...
1/2/08

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From the archives: Hyoid , from the Greek letter Υ (upsilon) and eidus , Greek for shape; thus, "shaped like an upsilon". The der...