Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology

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Glossary

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

This pronunciation guide is intended to help you pronounce the words that appear in the Glossary. Although it

is not a true phonetic key, it does help to suggest the necessary sounds by spelling the sounds of the syllables of

frequently encountered words and then using these familiar combinations to “spell out” a pronunciation of the

new word being defined in the Glossary.

VOWELS

Long vowel sounds: ay, ee, eye or igh, oh or ow, yoo

The sound spelled as ... Is pronounced as it appears in ...

ay a as in face

a a as in atom

aw au as in cause

o as in frost

ah o as in proper

ee e as in beat

e e as in ten

i i as in it

u u as in up

CONSONANTS

Consonants are pronounced just as they look, with g pronounced as it is in gone.

ACCENTS WITHIN WORDS

One accent: boldface capital letters

Two accents: primary accent is in boldface capital letters; secondary accent is in capital letters

—A—

Abdomen(AB-doh-men) Portion of the body between the

diaphragm and the pelvis (Chapter 1).

Abdominal cavity (ab-DAHM-in-uhl KAV-i-tee) Part of

the ventral cavity, inferior to the diaphragm and above

the pelvic cavity (Chapter 1).

Abducens nerves(ab-DEW-senz) Cranial nerve pair VI.

Motor to an extrinsic muscle of the eye (Chapter 8).

Abduction(ab-DUK-shun) Movement of a body part away

from the midline of the body (Chapter 7).

ABO group(A-B-O GROOP) The red blood cell types

determined by the presence or absence of A and B anti-

gens on the red blood cell membrane; the four types are

A, B, AB, and O (Chapter 11).

Absorption(ab-ZORB-shun) The taking in of materials by

cells or tissues (Chapter 3).

Accessory nerves(ak-SES-suh-ree) Cranial nerve pair XI.

Motor to the larynx and shoulder muscles (Chapter 8).

Accessory organs(ak-SES-suh-ree) The digestive organs

that contribute to the process of digestion, although

digestion does not take place within them; consist of the

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