GLOSSARY. 21 



Car'diac (Gr. kardia, the heart). Relating to the heart. In the 

 case of the stomach, the cardiac end is the end nearest 

 the heart. 



Car'dinal pro'cess (L. cardo, cardinis, a hinge).- A median 

 process of the hinge line of the dorsal valve of the shell 

 of the Brachiopoda. 



Car'dinal veins (Gr. kardia, the heart). Veins which run- 

 backwards and forwards, parallel with the vertebral column, 

 and return the blood to the heart in the vertebrate 

 embryo, and which in fishes persist through life. 



Car'diograph. (Gr. kardia, the heart; grapho, I write). An 

 instrument for registering the movements of the heart, and 

 causing them to trace curves upon a moving sheet of 

 paper. 



Car'do (L. a hinge). The basal articulation of the maxilla of 

 a cockroach. 



Cari'na (L. a keel). The two united petals of such a flower as 

 that of a bean or pea (papilionaceous). The keel-like 

 process of the sternum of most birds. The piece of the 

 valve of a Cirripede Crustacean which is intermediate 

 between the calcined pieces (terga and scuta) of each 

 valve. 



Cari'natse (L. carlna, a keel). A group of birds provided 

 with a keel to the sternum. 



Carnas'sial (L. caw, carnis, flesh). A term applied to the 

 fourth premolar tooth of the dog, which bites scissor-like 

 against the corresponding tooth in the other jaw. 



Carnfvora (L. cdro, carnis, flesh; voro, I devour). An order 

 of the Mammalia, the members of which feed largely on 

 flesh. 



Caro'tid (Gr. kara, the head; ous, the ear). The principal 

 arteries which convey blood to the head and lie close to 

 the ears. 



Carpa'lia (Gr. karpos, wrist). The bones of the carpus. 



Car'pel (Gr. karpos, fruit). The modified leaf forming the 

 pistil of a flower. 



Carpo'cerite (Gr. karpos, wrist; keraia, a horn). One of the 

 segments of the antennae of some Crustaceans. 



Carpo'podite (Gr. karpos, wrist; pous,podos, a foot). The fifth 

 segment of the typical appendage of a Crustacean. 



Car'pus (Gr. karpos, wrist). The wrist. The segment of the 

 fore-limb which unites the manus to the fore-arm in the 

 Vertebrata, and which in man forms the wrist. 



