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E den ta' ta {e, without; dens, a tooth): an order of mammals some of which 



have no teeth. 

 Ef fer ent (effercns, carrying from) : the opposite of afiferent. 

 Em' bry o : the undeveloped young. 

 En ceph' a Ion (en, in; kcphala, the head): the brain. 

 En do mys' i nm {cndon, within; mys, muscle) : the extension of the perimysium 



between the muscular fibers. 

 En' si fonn {ensis, sword; forma, form): the cartilaginous process at the caudal 



end of the sternum. Xiphoid process. 

 Ep i did' y mis (epi, upon; didymos, the testes): the contorted tubule forming 



the small body lying against the testis. 

 Ep i mys' i um {epi, upon; mys, muscle): the delicate membrane enveloping 



muscle. 

 E piph' y ses {cpi, upon; phyo, to grow): a process of bone attached for a time 



to another bone by cartilage, but later becoming firmly united to it. 

 Ep i the' li una. : the outer layer of the skin and all mucous surface. 

 Eth' moid (ethmos, a sieve; old, like): the bone at the root of the nose. 

 Eu sta' chi an (u sta' ke an) (named after the anatomist Eustachio, 1500- 15 70). 



Sometimes applied to auditory tube. 

 Eu the' ria {eus, good; titer ion, beast): a subclass including all mammals above 



the marsupials. 



Fa bel' lae : sesamoid bones in tendon of gastrocnemius muscle. 



Fac' et {jacette, a little face) : a small plane surface usually on a bone for articu- 

 lation. 



Fal lo' pi an tube: the canal conducting the eggs from the ovary to the uterus. 

 Uterine tube. 



Fal lo' pi us: a noted Italian anatomist (1523-1562). 



Fas' ci a (fash' e ah) : the membranous fibrous covering of muscles. 



Fas cic' u lus (fascis, a bundle) : a little bundle of fibers forming part of a nerve 

 or muscle. 



Fau' ces (faw' sez) : that part of the throat surrounded by the palate, tonsils and 

 uvula. 



Fe nes' tra (a ■window). 



Fir i fonn (fihim, ihrea.d; forma, form): name of papillae on tongue. 



Fo ra' men (forare, to pierce) : a passage or opening, usually in bone, for the trans- 

 mission of nerves or vessels. 



Fo ram' i na : the plural of foramen. 



For mal' de hyde : an excellent disinfectant. 



For' mal in : a 40 per cent, solution of formaldehyde in water. 



For' nix (an arch) : the projecting bundle of fibers from the gyrus hippocampus, 

 beneath the corpus callosum. 



Fos' sa (a ditch) : a depression or furrow. 



Fos so' ri al : digging or burrowing. 



Fu nic' u lus (funis, a cord) : applied to various cord-like structures. 



