258 ELEMENTS OF MAMMALIAN ANATOMY 



Cor' pus: a name given to the main portion of an organ. Corpus caliosum. 



Cos' ta {cosia, rib). 



Cos' tal : pertaining to the ribs. 



Cot' yl old {kolula, a cup; oid, like): relating to the articular cavity in the in- 

 nominate bone. 



Cra' ni ad: toward the plane in front of the cranium and perpendicular to the 

 spinal axis. 



Cra' ni al : pertaining to the cranium. 



Cra' ni iim: those bones of the skull encasing the brain. 



Cru' ra: plural of crus. 



Cms {cms, a leg): the part of the leg between the knee and ankle. It is also 

 applied to structures resembling the leg. 



Cu' bold (like a cube) : one of the tarsal bones. 



Cu ne a' tus (kuncus, a wedge) : a fiber tract in the spinal cord. 



Cu ne' i form (wedge-shaped): bones of the ankle and wrist. 



Cur so' ri al : fitted for running. 



Cu ta' ne ous {cutis, the skin) : relating to the skin. 



De cus sa' tion {dccussatus, crossed) : an oblique crossing of the nerves. 



Dem i fac' et {dcmi, ha.U; facet fc, little face): the articular surface on the body of 



a vertebra for the articulation of half the head of a rib. 

 Den' drites {dendron, a tree) : the processes of a nerve cell which transmit the 



impulse toward the cell-body. 

 Di aph' y sis {dia, between; pimein, to grow): the shaft of a long bone. 

 Di a ste' ma {diastema, a distance) : a space between any two consecutive teeth. 

 Di ar thro' sis {dia, throughout; arthrosis, articulation): a form of articulation 



giving much freedom of motion. 

 Di dac' tyl : two digits as in deer, ox, etc. 

 Di del' phi a {dis, twice; delphus, uterus): an order of mammals including the 



kangaroos and opossums in which a paired uterus is present. 

 Di en ceph' a Ion {dia, between; enchcphalos, the brain) : the tween brain formed 



largely by the thalami. 

 Di gas' trie {dis, double; gasfcr, belly): the muscle depressing the lower jaw. 

 Dig 'it {digitus, a finger) : the name of a finger or toe. 



Dig' iti grade : where foot rests only on the rows of phalanges, as in dog and cat. 

 Dig it or' um : of digits. 

 Diph' y dont {diphyes, twofold; odous, tooth): mammals having two sets of 



teeth. 

 Dis' tad : away from the axis of the body. 

 Dis' tal : the part farther from the axis of the body. 

 Do li cho ceph' aly: long-headed. 

 Dor' sad {dorsum, the back) : toward the line passing from head to tail along the 



tips of the spinous processes. 

 Du de' num {duodeni, twelve each): first part of the small intestine; in man it 



is twelve finger-breadths. 

 Du ra ma' ter {durus, hard; mater, mother) : the outer membrane of the brain and 



cord. 



