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GLOSSARY 



Claustrum, a bolt, barrier, or 

 inclosure. 



Clava, a club. 



Clavicle, from clavis, a key. 



Cleido-, pertaining to the clavicle. 



Clinoid, like the knob of a bed- 

 post. 



Clitoris, from a Greek verb 

 meaning ' I shut up ' or 

 ' enclose.' 



Clivus, a slope. 



Cloaca, a sewer or drain. 



Coccyx, a cuckoo. 



Cochlea, a snail. 



Cochleariformis, spoon-like. 



C(Eliac, pertaining to the belly. 



CoUieulus, a little hill. 



Colon, the great gut. 



Comes, a companion. 



Complexus,, literally, folded to- 

 gether; encompassing. 



Concatenatse, chained together. 



Concha, a shell. 



Condyle (' knuckle '), a small 

 round prominence covered by 

 cartilage. 



Conjunctiva, connecting. 



Conniventes, winking or blinking. 



Conoid, cone-like. 



Convoluta, rolled together. 



Coracoid, like a crow or raven. 



Cordiform, heart-shaped. 



Cornea, horny. 



Corniculum, a little horn. 



Coronal, literally, pertaining to 

 a crown ; transverse. 



Coronary, encircling. 



Coronoid, like a crooked beak. 



Corrugator, a wrinkler. 



Cortex, tUe bark or outer cover- 

 ing. 



Costal, pertaining to a rib. 



Cotyloid, cup-like. 



Coxa, the hip. 



Cranium, the skull. 



Crassum, thick, dense, or bulky. 



Cremaster, a suspender. 



Cretin, a simple-minded person. 



Cribriform, sieve-like. 



Cribrosa, perforated with sieve- 

 like pores. 



Cricoid, like a ring. 



Crucial, pertaining to, or shaped 

 like, a cross. 



Crural, pertaining to the leg. 



Cryptorchismus, concealment of 

 the testis. 



Cryptozygous, hidden arches. 



Cubitum, the elbow. 



Cucullaris, pertaining to a cowl 

 or hood. 



Culmen, the top or summit. 



Cuneate, wedge-shaped. 



Cuneus, a wedge. 



Cupola, a dome. 



Cymba, a boat or skiff. 



Cystic, pertaining to the gall- 

 bladder. 



Cytoplasm, formative yolk. 



Dacryon, a tear. 

 .Dartos, skinned or flayed. 

 Deciduous, falling away. 

 Deferens, carrying away. 

 Detrusor, from detrudo, I drive 



away. 

 Deutopiasm, nutritive yolk. 

 Dia-, through or between. 

 Diaphragm, a partition. 

 Diaphysis (' grow between '), the 



shaft of a bone, or the part 



which grows between the 



epiphyses. 

 Diarthrosis, an ' apart ' joint 



(without intervening , sub- 

 stance). 

 Diencephalon, the 'tween-brain 



or inter-brain. 

 Digastric, having two bellies. 

 Diploe, a doubling. 

 Diverticulum, from diverto, ' I 



separate,' or ' part,' or ' go a 



different way.' 

 Dolichocephalic, long-headed. 

 Dorsal, pertaining to the back 



aspect. 

 Dorsum, the back. 

 Duodenum, twelve. 



