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GLOSSARY 



Receptaculum, a receptacle. 



Rectus, straight. 



Recurrent, running back. 



Refractory, breaking up. 



Ren, a kidney. 



Restiform, like a rope or cord. 



Rete, a net. 



Retina, from rete, a net. 



Retrahens, drawing back. 



Revehens, carrying back. 



Rhinencephalon, the ' nose ' or 

 olfactory brain. 



Rhinion, a nose. 



Rhombencephalon, the rhomb- 

 brain (hind-brain). 



Rima, a cleft or chink, 



Risorius, laughing. 



Rostrum, a beak. 



Rotula, a little wheel. 



Rugae, wrinkles. 



Sacrum, sacred. 



Sagittal, pertaining to an arrow ; 



antero-posterior. 

 Salpinx, a trumpet or tube. 

 Salvatella, saving, or making 



well. 

 Saphenous, manifest. 

 Sartorius, pertaining to a tailor. 

 Scala, a ladder, flight of steps, 



or staircase. 

 Scalenus, of unequal sides. 

 Scansorius, of, or for, climbing. 

 Scaphocephalous, pertaining to a 



head like a boat. 

 Scaphoid, like a boat. 

 Scapula, a spade ; probably from 



a Greek verb meaning ' I dig.' 

 Schindylesis, a splitting or 



cleavage. 

 Sciatic (identical with Ischiatic), 



pertaining to the hip. 

 Scle];a, hard. 

 Sclerotic, hard. 

 Scrobiculus, a little ditch or 



trench. 

 Scrotum, a skin-bag or -pouch ; 



a hide. 

 Sebaceous, pertaining to grease. 



Sella, a seat ; a saddle. 



Seminalis, pertaining to semen. 



Septum, a fence or barrier. 



Serotinus, that comes or happens 

 late. 



Serratus, saw-shaped. 



Sesamoid, like sesame (a kind of 

 grain). 



Sigmoid, like the Greek letter 2 

 (sigma). 



Sinus, a cavity or hollow. 



Smegma, a cleanser. 



Solar, relating to the sun. 



Soleus, a sole or sandal ; a sole- 



Sperma, seed or semen. [fish. 



Spermatic, pertaining to semen. 



Spermatoblast, a seminal bud. 



Spermatozoa (plural), seminal 

 animals. 



Sphenoid, wedge-like. 



Sphenotic, pertaining to the sphe- 

 noid bone and ear-capsule. 



Sphincter, binding or closing 

 tight. 



Splanchnic, pertaining to viscera. 



Splenium, a bandage or com- 

 press. 



Splenius,pertaining to a bandage. 



Squamous, scaly. 



Stapes, a stirrup. 



Stellatum, starry. 



Stephanion, a crown or wreath. 



Sternebra, a segment of the 

 sternum. 



Sternum, the breast or chest. 



Stomata, mouths or pores. 



StomatodEBum or Stomodseum, 

 the threshold of the mouth. 



Styloid, pen-like. 



Subflava, somewhat yellow. 



Subiculum, an underlayer or 

 support. 



SudorWerous, sweat-carrying. 



Sulcus, a furrow. 



Supercilium, an eyebrow. 



Sural, pertaining to the calf of 

 the leg. 



Sustentaculum, a prop or support. 



Suture, a sewing together, a seam. 



