“T2Z0 GLOSSARY. 
~-mitting a branch of the internal maxillary 
artery and a nerve passing from the spheno- 
palatine ganglion. 
Vomer (L. a ploughshare)——A bone of the skull, 
so-called from its fancied resemblance to a 
ploughshare. 
Weberian ossicles (after Weber, a German professor). 
—A series of three ossicles, originally de- 
scribed by Weber, serving as a connection 
between the internal ear and the air-bladder 
in certain families of Physostomous Teleostei. 
Wormian bones.— Bones found in sutures, some- 
times termed ossa suturarum. 
Xiphisternum (Gr. xzphos, a sword; sternon, the 
breast).— The posterior portion of the 
sternum, in Human Anatomy known as the 
enstform cartilage. 
Xiphoid cartilage (Gr. rzphos, a sword; ezdos, shape). 
—Sometimes applied to the azphzsternuam. 
Zygapophyses (Gr. zugos, a yoke; apophuo,1 grow 
from).— The articulating process of the 
vertebrze. 
Zygomatie arch, (Gr. 2#gos, a yoke).—The arch 
Zygoma formed by the zygomatic process 
of the temporal bone, and the 
malar bone. 
Zygomatic fossa (Gr. zugos, a yoke; L. fossa, a 
ditch)—The lower part of the fossa bridged 
over by the zygomatic arch. » 
