Latin and Medical Terminology (Q-V): Learn Medical Nomenclature While Learning Latin Vocab!!!

Quadrare, quadratum; to square, to make four-cornered (quadriceps) Radius; rod, spoke, ray, beam; bone on outer forearm – radius (radius, dorsoradial, radioulnar, radiology) Ramus; branch (ramiform, ramus communicans – nerve which connects two other nerves) Rectus; right, straight (rectus abdominous, rectus femoris) Ren, renis; kidney (adrenalin, renal, circumrenal, prerenal) Rigor; stiffness, cold (rigor mortis) Scapula; shoulder, shoulder-blade (scapula, subscapula, infrascapular, scapuloclavicular, cervicobscapular) Scrotum; bag, pouch (scrotal, scrotum) Sebum; grease, fatty secretion (sebum) Sinister, sinistri; left, on the left (sinistrodextral, sinstrocular) Sinus; curve, cavity and/or recess (sinus, sinusoidal, Ethmoid sinus) Spina; thorn, spine (cerebrospinal, spina bifida, spinal erector) Spirare, spiratum; to breathe, blow (exspiration, inspiration, perspiration) Squama; scale, flake, thin plate (Squamous epithelial tissue, squamella) Stapes, stapedis; a stirrup, innermost ossicle of ear (extrastapedial, mediostapedial, stapes – involved in conduction of sound vibration) Stare, statum; to stand (distal) Sulcus; furrow, grove (costal sulci) Supinus; bending backwards, supine, lying on back (supination, supinator, supine, semisupination) Talus, ankle, ankle-bone (talus, talofibular, talotibial) Tempora; the temple (temporomandibular joint, temporal, infratemporal) Tender, tentum, tensum; to stretch (extensor, tendon, tensor fascia lata, hypertension) Tibia; pipe, flute; shinbone, the innder and larger bone of the lower leg (tibia, femorotibial) Tumere; to swell (tumor, tumentia) Ulcus, ulceris; open sore (ulcer, ulcerate) Ulna; elbow, inner and larger bone of the forearm (radioulnar, ulna) Umbilicus; the navel (umbilical cord, umbilicus) Unguis; nail, claw, hoof (subungual, unguis, ungula) Uva; grape (uvula – small lobe haning from palate) Vagus; wandering (vagus – nerve, valgus knee) Varus; crooked, bent inward (coxa vara, genu varum, pollex varus) Vas; vessel (vascular, cerebrovascular) Vellere, vulsum; to tear, puck (avulsion, evulsion) Vena; vein (intravenous, supervenosity, vein) Venter, ventris; to come (ventral- anatomical position, ventricle, ventrolateral) Verruca; a wart (verruca, verruciform) Vertebra; a joint (vertebrae) Vesica; bladder, blister (vesicle, vesicular, cervicovesicular) Villus; tuft of hair (villi, villiform, intervillous) Virus; potent juice, poison (virus) Vomer; plowshare, a bone in the septum (ethmovomerine, vomer, vomernasal)