References

All etymologies are from one or more of the following:

Brassett, C., Evans, E. and Fay, I. (2017). The Secret Language of Anatomy. Chichester, UK: Anatomy Boutique Books.

Haubrich, W. S. (1984). Medical Meanings: A Glossary of Word Origins. Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Mayhew, T. M. (2013). The Human Body: Anatomical Terms and What They Mean. 2nd Edition. Sheffield, UK: 5m Publishing.

Pepper, O. H. P. (1949). Medical Etymology. The History and Derivations of Medical Terms

for Students of Medicine, Dentistry, and Nursing. Philadelphia, U.S.A.: W.B. Saunders.

 

With additional information from:

Oxford University Press. (2015). Concise Medical Dictionary. 9th Edition. Aylesbury, UK: Market House Books Ltd.

Shikano, S. and Yamashita, Y. (1998). Anatomical names of foramina and canales in skeleton. Kokubyo Gakkai zasshi. The Journal of the Stomatological Society, Japan. 65(1). 6-13.

Shikano, S. and Yamashita, Y. (1999). Anatomical names of fossae and foveae in skeleton. Kokubyo Gakkai zasshi. The Journal of the Stomatological Society, Japan. 66(3). 262-269.

Tekiner, H. and Kelestimur, F. (2015). A cultural history of the Turkish saddle. International Periodical for the Languages, Literature and History of Turkish or Turkic. 10(5). 319-328.

 

Anatomical locations and relations are from:

Abrahams, P. H., Boon, J. M., and Spratt, J. D. (2008). McMinn’s Clinical Atlas of Human Anatomy. 6th Edition. Mosby Elsevier.

White, T. D., Black, M. T. and Folkens, P. A. (2012). Human Osteology. 3rd Edition. Elsevier Academic Press.

 

All images were produced by the website author.

All bones pictured are plastic reproductions kindly supplied by The Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, University of Dundee, Scotland.