Wednesday 9 November 2011

More fun words.

Prehension = To bring food to the mouth (we use our hands and forks, cows use their lips and tongues!)
Mastication = Chewing food
Deglutition = Swallowing a bolus of food
Zygapophyses = Articulation between cervical vertebrae
Tachycardia = Fast heart rate
Brachycardia = Slow heart rate
Halitosis = Bad breath
Blepharospasm = Squinting (eyes)
Eructation = Burping
Cirrhosis = Chronic Liver Disease
Atelectasis = Collapsed Lung

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