The anatomical use of Latin has figured in a number of posts—not least 'Saying Grace in Latin' with its addendum.
In that post I referred to my Anatomical Wordbook (pp. 14-21), where a list of Latin terms that appear in the names of muscles has been collected. To quote from the preface to that section:
Elements of a muscle's action, position, shape etc. are often implied by its name. In order to help facilitate translation of a muscle name into English the following list of words applied to muscles and their meanings is given. By chaining together the meanings of each word in the muscle's name and then reordering them where appropriate, a more readily remembered description of the muscle is obtained e.g. flexor digitorum superficialis renders Flexor/Of the fingers/Superficial. Upon reordering, the muscle name reads: The superficial flexor of the fingers'.
That list can now be viewed/downloaded using the hyperlink below.
