GLOSSARY 



1669 



Arthrodia, from a Greek word 

 meaning ' a joint ' ; gliding is 

 implied. 



Arytenoid, pitcher-like. 



Aspera, rough. 



Asterion, a star. 



Astragalus, the ankle-bone ; a 

 die (pi. dice). 



Atlas, a support. 



Atresia, imperf oration. 



Atrium, the hall in a Roman 

 house. 



Attollens, raising up, elevating. 



Attrahens, drav/ing to or to- 

 wards. 



Auditory, pertaining to the 

 organ, or sense, of hearing. 



Auricle, the external ear. 



Azygos, without a yoke, single. 



Bacillary, pertaining to a small 



staff or rod. 

 Balanus, an acorn. 

 Barba, a beard. 



Basilar, belonging to the base. 

 Basilic, royal, important. 

 Basion, base. 



Biceps, having two heads. 

 Bicornis, two-homed. 

 Biventer, having two bellies. 

 Brachium, the arm. 

 Braehycephalic, short-headed. 

 Bregma, from a Greek verb 



meaning ' to moisten.' 

 Bronchial, pertaining to the 



windpipe. 

 Bronchiole, a little bronchus. 

 Bronchus, literally, a draught ; 



the windpipe. 

 Bubonocele, a tumour in the 



groin. 

 Buccinator, a trumpeter. 

 Bulla, a knob. 

 Bursa, a sac containing fluid. 



Cactimen, tip, peak, or end. 

 Caecum, blind. 

 Caeruleus, dark blue. 

 Calamus, a reed-pen. 



Calcaneum, the heel. 



Calcar, a spur. 



Calcination, reduction to a pow- 

 der (or lime) by heat. 



Calcis, of the heel. 



Calix, a cup or goblet. 



Callosum, hard, thick. 



Calvaria {calva, the bald scalp), 

 the upper part of the skull. 



Cancellated, lattice-formed, re 

 ticulated. 



Caninus, canine. 



Cwiithus, the angle of the eye. 



Capillary, pertaining to the hair : 

 a vessel of hair-like minute- 

 ness. 



Capitellum, a small head. 



Cardia, the opening of the 

 stomach ; the heart. 



Cardiac, pertaining to the heart. 



Cardinal, principal or chief. 



Carina, a keel. 



Carneae, pertaining to flesh. 



Carotid, stupefying ; or perhaps 

 from two Greek words mean- 

 ing ' head ' and ' ear.' 



Carpus, the wTist. 



Caruneula, a little piece of flesh. 



Cauda, a tail. 



Caudal, pertaining to a tail. 



Caudate, pertaining to a tail. 



Cavernous, full of hollows or 

 cavities. 



Centimetre (cm.), f of an English 

 inch. 



Cephalic, pertaining to the head. 



Cerato, horny. 



Ceruminous, pertaining to wax. 



Chiasma, two lines placed like 

 anX. 



Choana, a funnel. 



Choledochus, bile-receiving. 



Chondral, pertaining to carti* 

 lage. 



Choroid (Chorioid), like skin. 



Cinereus, ash-coloured. 



Cingulum, a small girdle. 



Circumflexus, bent around. 



Cisterna, a cistern or reservoir. 



