436 GLOSSARY 



Chromatin. (From the Greek word meaning color.) The portion 

 of the protoplasm of a cell which takes the stain; forming a delicate 

 net-work of fibrils permeating the achromatin of a cell. Achromatin: 

 The opposite of chromatin. 



Chyle. The milk-white fluid absorbed by the lacteals during 

 digestion. 



Chyme. Food that has undergone gastric digestion and has not 

 been acted upon by the bile, pancreatic, and intestinal secretions. 



Cilia. (From the Latin word cilium, "an eyelash.") The eye- 

 lashes. The hair-like appendages of certain epithelial cells, the func- 

 tion of which is to propel fluid or secretion. 



Ciliary. Pertaining to the eyelash. Relating to ciliary movement. 



Ciliated. Having cilia. 



Circumduction. (From the Latin words circum, "around;" ducere, 

 "to lead.") The movement of a limb in such a manner that its 

 extremity describes a circle, the nearest end being fixed. 



Clavicle. (From the Latin word clavus, "a key.") The collar-bone 



Clinpid. (From the Greek meaning beet-like.) Resembling a beet. 

 The clinoid processes of the sphenoid bone. 



Coagulation. (From the Latin word coagulatio, "a clotting.") 

 The formation of a clot as in blood or milk. 



Coaptation. The adjustment of parts to each other. 



Coccyx. (From the Greek word meaning a cuckoo, resembling the 

 bill.) The last bone of the vertebral column. 



Cochlea. The cavity of the internal ear, which resembles a snail 

 shell. 



Coeliac. (See Celiac.) 



Coitus. (From the Latin word coitio, "a going together.") The 

 act of sexual connection. 



Collateral. (From the Latin words con, "together;" lateralis, "of 

 the side.") Accessory or secondary. 



Columnae Carneae (heart). (Lt., the fleshy columns.) The mus- 

 cular columns projecting from the inner surface of the ventricles of 

 the heart. 



Columnae Rugarum (vagina). (From the Latin word columns, 

 "columns;" rugarum, "of the folds or ridges.") The columns of ridges. 



Commissure. (From the Latin words coin, "together;" mittere, "to 

 send.") That which unites two parts. 



Compressor Narium Minor. The small compressor of the nostrils. 



Compressor Nasi. The compressor of the nose. 



Concave. (From the Latin words con, "together;" cavus, "hollow.") 

 Hollow, incurved, as the inner surface of a hollow sphere. 



Condyle. (From the Greek word meaning a knuckle) . - r Any rounded 

 eminence such as occurs in the joints or parts of many of the bones. 



Condyloid. Resembling a condyle. 



Connective. To connect; as C. tissue. 



Contiguous. (From the Latin word contiguus from the verb con- 

 tingere, "to touch;" as it were, on all sides.) In actual or close 

 contact; touching; adjacent 



^ Conus Arteriosus (heart). From the Latin word conus, "a cone.") 

 The arterial cone. The cone-shaped eminence of the right ventricle 

 of the heart, whence arises the pulmonary artery. 



