30 GLOSSARY 



Con'cha (L. a shell). The largest concavity of the external 

 ear. 



Conchi'fera (L. concha, a shell; fc-ro, I bear). A name some- 

 times applied to the Lamellibranchiata. 



Con'dyle (Gr. kondulos, a knuckle). Generally applied to the 

 flattened articular surface of a bone. 



Confer 'vse (L. confervere, to unite). Vegetable organisms 

 which consist of strings of united cells. 



Conglo'bate (L. con, together ; gldbus, a ball). A term applied 

 to such glands as the lymphatic glands. 



Conglomerate (L. can, together ; glomero, I gather in a round 

 heap). Applied to such glands as the salivary glands, 

 pancreas, &c., which are also termed " racemose." 



Coni vasculo'si (L. vascular cones). The conical convoluted 

 branches of the vasa efferentia of the testicle. 



Confdiophore (Gr. konis, dust ; phoreo, I bear). The filaments 

 which bear the conidia of fungi. 



Coni'dium (Gr. konis, dust). The spores of such fungi as Peni- 

 cillium. 



Conjugation (L. conjugdre, to unite). A mode of vegetable 

 reproduction in which cells of adjacent hyphse unite. 



Conjuncti'va (L. conjugare, to connect). The mucous mem- 

 brane which lines the eyelids, and is reflected over the 

 anterior part of the eyeball. 



Con'nate (L. con, together ; natus, born). A term applied to 

 parts of plants (as the bases of leaves) which at an early 

 stage of development become united. 



C6'nusarterio'sus(L. arterial cone). The conical prolongation of 

 the right ventricle from which the pulmonary artery springs. 



Co'nus medulla'ris (L. medullary cone). The tapering portion 

 .of the spinal cord below the lumbar enlargement. 



Co-or'dination (L. coorior, I come forth at once). The acting 

 together with regard to due force and sequence of different 

 muscles. 



Cope'poda (Gr. kopeus, a chisel ; pous, podos, a foot). A group 

 of the Crustacea. 



Co'raco-brachia'lis (coracoid bone ; ~L.brachialis, belonging to the 

 the arm). One of the muscles on the ventral surface of 

 the fore-limb, passing from the coracoid bone to the hume- 

 rus in some Vertebrata. 



Co'racoid (Gr. korax, a crow; eidos, shape). One of the bones 

 of the shoulder-girdle in most vertebrate animals, repre- 

 sented in man by the coracoid process of the scapula. 



