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- fallopian tubes (uterine tubes) (fă-lō′pē-ăn toobs (ŪT-ĕ-rīn toobs)):
- Pair of tubes attached to the uterus providing a passageway for the ovum to move from the ovary to the uterus.
- fascia (FASH-ē-ă):
- Fibrous tissue.
- fauces (FO-sēz):
- The fauces is the opening at the connection between the oral cavity and the oropharynx.
- feces (FĒ-sēz):
- Stool, fecal matter.
- femoral (FEM-ŏ-răl):
- Pertaining to the femur.
- fetal (FĒT-ăl):
- Pertaining to the fetus.
- fibrocystic breast changes (FCC) (fī-brō-SĬS-tĭk):
- Fibrosis, benign cysts, and pain or tenderness in one or both breasts (also called fibrocystic breasts).</dd?
- fibroelastic membrane (fī-brō-ē-LĂS-tĭk MEM-brān):
- A fibroelastic membrane is a flexible membrane that closes the posterior surface of the trachea, connecting the C-shaped cartilages.
- fibromyalgia (fī-brō-mī-AL-j(ē-)ă):
- Pain in the fibrous tissues of muscles.
- fissures (FISH-ŭ-res):
- A groove, natural division or elongated cleft, furrow or tear; naturally occurring in the brain, they are also known as sulcus/sulci.
- fistula (FIS-chŭ-lă):
- Abnormal passageway between two organs or an internal organ and the body surface.
- flatus (FLĀ-tŭs):
- Gas in the GI tract.
- foramen magnum (fŏ-RĀ-mĕn MAG-nŭm):
- Large opening in the occipital bone of the skull through which the spinal cord emerges and the vertebral arteries enter the cranium.
- foramen ovale (fŏ-RĀ-mĕn Ō-văl):
- Opening between right and left atria, which is normal in the fetal heart.
- fornix (FOR-niks):
- Superior portion of the vagina.
- frontal lobe (FRŎN-tal lōb):
- Region of the cerebral cortex directly beneath the frontal bone of the cranium.
- frontal plane:
- Plane that divides the body or an organ into an anterior (front) portion and a posterior (rear) portion.
- frostbite (FROST-bīt):
- Conservation of core body heat results in the skin actually freezing.
- fundus (FŬN-dŭs):
- A part of a hollow organ.
Attribution
Except where otherwise noted, this book is adapted from Medical Terminology by Grimm et al. (2022), Nicolet College, CC BY 4.0 International. / A derivative of Building a Medical Terminology Foundation by Carter & Rutherford (2020), and Anatomy and Physiology by Betts, et al., CC BY 4.0, which can be accessed for free at OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology.