GLOSSARY. 87 
Canaliculi (L. little canals)—Applied to the minute 
canals in bone. 
Cancellous (L. cancellz, trellis-work)—A term applied 
to certain bone tissue which assumes a 
spongy form. 
Canine (L. cavzs, a dog).— Applied to those teeth next 
to the incisors, popularly known as “eye- 
teeth,” 
Capitulum (L. a little head).—A term applied toa 
rounded prominence or small head of a bone. 
Carina (L.a keel).—A process of the sternum of most 
birds. 
Carpus (Gr. argos, the wrist)—The wrist. That 
portion of the fore-limb uniting the manus 
to the fore-arm. 
Cartilage (L. cartilago, gristle)—One of the animal 
connective tissues. 
Caudal (L. cada, a tail)—Like or relating to the tail, 
as the caudal vertebre. 
Centrale (L. ceztrum, the centre)—The central bone 
of the carpus. 
Centrum (L. cextrum, the centre)—The body of a 
vertebra. 
Cerato-hyal (Gr. £eras, a horn).—An ossification in 
the lower portion of the hyoidean arch in 
certain fishes, represented in man by the 
lesser cornua of the hyoid bone. 
Cervical (L. cervzr, the neck).—Like or relating to the 
neck, as the cervical vertebre. 
Chevron bones (Fr. a rafter)—Downward processes 
