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Anatomia

"Anatomia" (1838) was written in the Hawaiian language and published by Gerrirt P. Judd, an early missionary/medical doctor in Hawai'i.  Because he got much of his information from his Hawaiian students, many ancient names were preserved.  
You can read Anatomia here (courtesy of Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic library)

manawa mua - anterior fontanel

manawa, mauli, pūniu (of an infant); pū heʻe

iwi kua - anvil bone (ear)

kumu pepeiao - ear bone

iwi kua - back bone

iwi kuamoʻo, kuamoʻo

kui - bicuspids

iwi - bone

lolo - brain

iwi lemu - buttocks bone

lemu, ʻōkole, pāpākole,

ʻēlemu, hope

kea paa - chest 

umauma, keʻapaʻa, houpo

iwi lei - clavicle

iwi okole - coccyx kīkala

iwi hilo - femur

iwi hilo, ʻauhau

iwi pili - fibula

iwi makia mua

medial cuneiform bone (foot)

iwi lae - frontal bone

iwi papakole - hip bone - iwi hua, pāpākole

iwi uluna - humerus - iwi ulua, ʻauhau

iwi nui - magnum bone (hand) - 

papālina, pāpālina

iwi papalina - malar bone

iwi ihu - nose bone

iwi kuapoi - patella

iwi poʻi, kuapoʻi 

iwi ka, puhaka - pelvis

iwi pūhaka, kāā

iwi manamana wawae

phalange, toe - 

manamana wāwae

iwi manamanalima

phalange, finger

iwi puukole - pubic bone

iwi kano - radius

iwi aoao - ribs - iwi ʻaoʻao

iwi kikala - sacrum

iwi poohiwi -

shoulder bone

iwi umauma - sternum

manamana nui - thumb

iwi ku - tibia

iwi kuhi - taulna

iwi kuamoo - vertebrae

iwi ipukaina -

viculare bone (foot)

iwi waapa -  

naviculare bone (hand)

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