Unit1基础医学英语.ppt

* * The Skeletal System ?? New Words and Phrases 1.cranium n. （pl.）craniums or crania 颅骨,头盖骨 cranial adj. 颅的，颅侧的 ( crani/oskull ) 2.vertebra n. (one of the 33 bones of which the backbone/spine/spinal column is composed ) vertebral adj. intervertebral disc 椎间盘 vertebrate n. 脊椎动物 adj. 有椎骨的,有脊椎的;脊椎动物的 3. hematopoiesis (=haematopoiesis) n. (the formation of blood or blood cells in the body.) ( hemat/o-→blood, -poiesis→formation; production) 4.platelet n. ( blood platelet; thrombocyte) 5.diaphysis n. (the shaft of a long bone) 长骨的中段,骨干 6.epiphysis n. the end of a long bone that is originally separated from the main bone by a layer of cartilage but that later becomes united to the main bone through ossification. 骨骺 dia-→through epi-→over;on -physis →growth ? ??? 7.metacarpal any of the bones of the metacarpus (the part of the human hand that includes the five bones between the fingers and the wrist 掌骨) metatarsal any of the bones of the metatarsus (the middle part of the human foot that forms the instep and includes the five bones between the toes and the ankle 跖骨) meta-→after; beyond 后;旁 carp/o-→wrist bone; carpus tars/o→ankle bone; tarsus 8.phalanx n. (Greek)(= digitus) a bone of a finger or toe 9.femur n. (=thigh bone) a bone of the leg situated between the pelvis and knee in human beings. It is