50 GLOSSARY. 



Falx cerebel'li (L. falx, a sickle ; cerebellum, the lesser brain). 

 . A process of the dura mater which intervenes between 



the two lateral lobes of the cerebellum. 

 Falx ce'rebri (L. falx, a sickle; cerebrum, the brain). A 



process of the dura mater which extends between the 



cerebral hemispheres. 

 Fas'cia la'ta (L. broad fascia). A large fascia of the thigh in 



the dog. 

 Fas'cicle (L. fasciculus, a little bundle). A term applied to the 



rootlets of endogenous plants which all grow from one point. 

 Fasciculate (L. fascicuhis, a little bundle). Arranged in 



bundles, as the rootlets of some plants. 



Fasciculi gra'ciles (L. slender little bundles). A name some- 

 times applied to the posterior pyramids of the medulla 



oblongata. 

 Fasciculus (L. a little bundle). Applied to small bundles of 



nerve or muscle fibres. 

 Fasciculus olivary (L. olive-shaped little bundle). A bundle 



of fibres on each side, connecting the olivary body and 



anterior pyramid of the medulla oblongata. 

 Fasciculus te'res (L. fasciculus, a little bundle ; tero, I make 



round by rubbing). A bundle of fibres passing from each 



lateral column of the medulla to the cerebrum. 

 Fasciculus uncina'tus (L. little hooked bundle). A white 



bundle of fibres in the cerebrum. 

 Fasci'ola cine'rea (L. ash-coloured little bundle). A term 



sometimes applied to the upper part of the fascia dentata 



of the cerebrum. 

 Fasci'oles (L. fascwla, a little bandage). Bands of modified 



spines which occur in some of the Echinidea. 

 Fau'ces (L.faux, the gullet). The passage between the mouth 



and pharynx, beneath the soft palate. 

 Fau'na (L. fauni, rural gods). The animal life of a region, 



country, or epoch. 

 Fe'moral (L. femur, the thigh). Relating to, or lying near to, 



the thigh-bone, as the femoral artery, femoral vein, &c. 

 Fe'moro-coccyge'us. A muscle passing from the caudal 



vertebrae to the femur in some Vertebrata. 

 Fe'nmr (L. the thigh-bone). The bone of the thigh. The 



thirdi joint of the legs in the Insecta. 

 Fenes'tra ova'lis (L. oval window). A small oval opening in 



the tympanum of the ear, into which the stapes (or its 



representative in the lower Vertebrata) fits. 



