http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2010/02/05/anatomy-retrices/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:53:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2010/02/05/anatomy-retrices/comment-page-1/#comment-8634 Kate St. John Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:06:16 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=14848#comment-8634 Robin, your first comment made me laugh out loud. I'd never thought of it before but it is much easier to remember. Robin, your first comment made me laugh out loud. I’d never thought of it before but it is much easier to remember.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2010/02/05/anatomy-retrices/comment-page-1/#comment-8633 Robin Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:09:57 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=14848#comment-8633 By the way, rectum comes from the same root too: rectum 1540s, from L. intestinum rectum "straight intestine," in contrast to the convolution of the rest of the bowels, from neut. pp. of regere "to straighten" By the way, rectum comes from the same root too:
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1540s, from L. intestinum rectum “straight intestine,” in contrast to the convolution of the rest of the bowels, from neut. pp. of regere “to straighten”

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2010/02/05/anatomy-retrices/comment-page-1/#comment-8632 Robin Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:09:19 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=14848#comment-8632 The immediate association I made was between rectrices and rectum, perhaps that will be easier to remember. The immediate association I made was between rectrices and rectum, perhaps that will be easier to remember.

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