GLOSSARY 257 



Bi' ceps (bis, twice; caput, head): a term applied to muscles having two origins. 



Brach {hrachiiun, arm). 



Brach' i al: a name given to several structures in the upper arm region. 



Bra c' by ceph' aly : short-headed. 



Bron chi: plural of bronchus. 



Bron' chus {bronchos, windpipe) : one of the two tubes into which the trachea 



divides. 

 Buc' cal (bucca, cheek) : pertaining to the cheek. 



Ce' cum (blind) : first part of large intestine. 



Cal ca' ne um {calcancum, the heel) : the os calcis or heel-bone. 



Cal lo' sum (callosus, thick-skinned): the largest commissure of the brain. 



Can a lie' u li : the small canals opening into the lacunae of bone. 



Can' nu la {canna, a tube) : a small tube. 



Ca pit' u lum {capiluliim, a small head) : the enlarged terminal portion of an 

 organ. 



Car' di ac {kardia, the heart) : pertaining to the heart. 



Ca rot' id: the chief artery lying on either side of the windpipe. 



Car pal (karpos, wrist) : pertaining to he wrist. 



Cau' dad : toward the tail. 



Cau' dal {caiida, tail): relating to the tail. 



Cen' tnrni: the body of a vertebra. 



Ceph' a lie {kephala, head): relating to the head. 



Cer a to hy' al : a part of the hyoid apparatus. 



Car' vie al (cervix, neck) : a name applied to structures in the region of the neck. 



Cer' vi dae : the name of the deer family. 



Chev' ron bones : the bones on the underside of some of the caudal vertebrae. 



Chi' asm (ki' azm, mark crosswise) : the optic commissure. 



Chi rop' te ra (cheir, hand; ptcron, wing) : an order of mammals including the bats. 



Cho an' ae : the posterior nares. 



Cho' roid: the middle lining of the eyeball. 



Cir cum val' late (circumvallcrc, to surround with a wall) : see vallate. 



cut' or is : a small erectile organ occupying the same relative position in the 

 female as the penis occupies in the male. 



Coc' cyx (kokkux, the cuckoo, resembling the bill) : the several united vertebrae 

 forming the tail in man. 



Coch' le a (kok' le ah) (kochlos, a conch-shell): the coiled canal of the internal ear. 



Ce' il ac (se' le ak) {koilia, belly) : a name applied to a large artery and a nerve 

 plexus in the abdomen. 



Ce' lom {se' lum) : the body cavity. 



Con' dyle {kondulos, a knuckle) : a paired rounded eminence of a bone for articu- 

 lation. 



Cor' nu (a horn) : a name given certain structures resembling a horn. 



Cor' nu a : the plural of cornu. 



Cor' noid {corona, crown; old, like). 



Cor' por a {corpus, body) : plural of corpus. Corpora quadrigemina. 



