The A to Z of Anatomical Histological and Medical terms
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fabella: diminutive of Lt. faba = a bean, a sesamoid bone found in
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the lateral head of gastrocnemius.
Facet (FAS-set) a small joint surface or smooth boney surface
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facet: Lt. facies = face, a small smooth bony surface, ± coated
with articular/joint cartilage, the site of a tendinous attachment
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(c.f. a facet on a diamond).
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faci- to do with the face (fasi)
facilitate: Lt. facilis = easy, hence, to make easy.
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falciform: adj.Lt. falx = a sickle, and forma = form, hence, shaped
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like a sickle.
Falx (FALKs) as in sickle-shaped or curved used in the brain mainly,
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adj. falciform (FALS-ee-form)
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falx: Lt. = sickle, hence, the sickle-shaped falx cerebri and falx
cerebelli, adj.- falciform.
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fasci- band, conncteion (fashi-)
Fascia (FASH-ee-ah) a sheet or band of dense CT that structurally
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supports organs and tissues. Deep fascia surrounds muscle tightly, M
and superficial fascia separates the skin and muscle layers often
loose, variable .
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fascia: Lt. = band or bandage, hence the fibrous wrapping of
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muscles - deep fascia, or the subcutaneous layer of fatty CT -
superficial fascia, adj. fascial.
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Fascicle (FAS-ih-kul) A bundle of skeletal muscle fibers (cells) that
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forms a part of a muscle.
fasciculus: diminutive of Lt. fascis = bundle, hence, a bundle of R
nerve or muscle fibres.
Fat a lipid compound formed from one molecule of glycerol and three
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molecules of fatty acids. It is the body’s most concentrated form of T
energy, and also serves to insulate from external temperature
changes. It is stored w/n cells comprising adipose tissue.
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fauces: Lt. = throat, adj.- faucial.
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febri- fever
femur: Lt. = thigh, adj.- femoral. pl. femora
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fenestra: Lt. = window.
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Fetus (FEE-tuhs) the early developmental stage from 8 weeks after
fertilization to birth. (AS Foetus) Y
fetus: the developing mammal in utero; in Man, after the 2nd
month in utero, adj.- foetal or fetal.
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