Step 1:
Please read Dr. Wulff’s articleActions (click the link to download the article) on a brief history of medical terminology.
Step 2:
Give some thought to the Greek tradition he discusses and choose 2 anatomic terms to research.
These terms can come from anywhere; your book, a website, a term you already know, etc.
Step 3:
For each term, please:
List the term
Define it
List its origin (is it Greek, Latin? etc.)
Finally, tell me a bit about the “story” of your chosen terms.Was it named because it looks like something else?
Did the name come from a previous form of the word?
How did this term develop over time?
Hint: Check out those medical word origin websites I have posted on the Resource Page.