GLOSSARY 443 



Fossa (pi. 2e). (Latin, fossa, "a ditch.") A depression or ditch. 



Fossa Ovalis. The oval ditch. 



Fovea. (From the Latin, "a small ditch.") A small depression. 

 Funiculus. (Dim. of the Latin word funis, "a rope or cord.") A 

 cord-like structure. 



Fuse. (From the Latin word fundere, "to pour out.") To unite with. 



Fusiform. (From the Latin words fusus, "a spindle;" forma, 

 "shape.") Spindle-shape. 



Galactophorous. Milk-bearing. 



Ganglion or Ganglia. (From the Greek word meaning a knot.) A 

 well-defined group of nerve cells and fibers forming an underlying 

 nerve centre. 



Gastric. (From the Greek word meaning stomach.) Pertaining to 

 the stomach. 



Gastrocnemius. A double-head muscle forming with the soleus 

 the calf of the leg. 



Genitals (Genitalia). (From the Latin word genitalis, "pertaining 

 to generation," from gignere, "to beget.") Relating to the organs of 

 generation or reproduction in the male or female. 



Genito-urinary. Relating to the genitalia and urinary organs. 



Germinal. (From the Latin word germen, "a germ.") Pertaining 

 to the development of a tissue or organ. 



Gestation. (From the Latin word gestare, "to bear.") Pregnancy. 



Glenoid. Resembling a shallow cavity. 



Glia (cells). (From the Greek word meaning glue.) The cells 

 found in the neuroglia (the tissue which forms the basis of the sup- 

 porting frame- work of the nerve tissue of the cerebrospinal system). 



Globule. (From the dim. of the Latin word globus, "a ball.") 

 A small spheric body, as fat globules, etc. 



Glomerulus. (From the Latin word glomemlus, "a little ball.") A 

 small, rounded mass, as the coil of bloodvessels projecting into the 

 expanded end of each uriniferous tubule and with it forming the 

 Malpighian body or corpuscle. 



Glottis, idis (Rima). The space between the vocal cords. 



Gluteus. (From the Greek word meaning buttock.) Referring to 

 muscles of the buttock. 



Gluteus Maximus. The greatest of the buttock. (Literal trans- 

 lation.) 



Gluteus Medius. The medium-sized of the buttock. 



Gluteus Minimus. The smallest of the buttock 



Glycogen. A carbohydrate found in the liver cells. It is stored 

 in the liver, where it is converted, as the system requires, into sugar 

 (glucose). 



Gramme (gin.) . The unit of the measurement by weight of the metric 

 system of weights and measures. 1 gm. = 15.432 grains. 



Granular. (From the Latin word granula, "a little grain.") Per- 

 taining to granule. As the granular appearance of a cell. 



Granule. (From the Latin word granula, "a small grain.") " A 

 small body or grain, as the granules of a cell. 



Gustatory (nerve). (From the Latin word gustare, "to taste.") 

 Pertaining to the sense of taste, as the gustatory nerve the nerve 

 of taste in the tongue. 



