56 GLOSSARY. 



Gasterotri'cha (Gr. gaster, the belly; thrix, trichos, the hair). 

 A division of the Rotifera. 



Gas'tric ^Gr. gaster, the belly, stomach). Relating to the 

 st<~>mach. 



Gastrocne'mius (Gr. gaster, the belly; kneme, the leg). A 

 muscle which forms, in part, the swelling of the calf of the 

 leg. 



Gas'tro-co'lic omen'tum (Gr. gaster, the stomach; kolon, the 

 colon; L. omentum, a caul). The fold of peritoneum 

 which is attached to the great curvature of the stomach 

 and transverse colon ; called also the great omentum. 



Gas'tro-par'ietal band (Gr. gaster, the stomach ; L. paries, the 

 walls of a house). A ligament which, in the Polyzoa and 

 Brachiopoda, connects the gastric portion of the alimentary 

 canal with the body-walls. 



Gas'tro-phre'nic ligament (Gr. gaster, the stomach ; phren, the 

 diaphragm). A fold of peritoneum between the diaphragm 

 and the oesophagus. 



Gastrophyse'ma (Gr. gaster, a stomach; phusema, a bubble). 

 A genus of the Physemaria. 



Gas'tro-pneumo'nic (Gr. gaster, the stomach; pneumon, the 

 lungs). A term applied to that division of the mucous 

 membranes which lines the air passages and the alimen- 

 tary canal. 



Gas'tro-sple'nic ligament (Gr. gaster, the stomach ; splen, the 

 spleen). The fold of peritoneum by which the spleen is 

 attached to the stomach. 



Gas'trula (Gr. diminutive of gaster, a stomach). A term applied 

 to the invertebrate embryo after the completion of the 

 process of invagination. 



Gavialidse (gavial, the crocodile of the Ganges). A group of 

 the Crocodilia. 



Gemel'li (L. diminutive ofgemfaus, double). A pair of muscles 

 which connect the ischium and the femur. 



Gem'mation (L. gemma, a bud). Reproduction by budding. 



Gemmfparous (L. gemma, a bud; pario, I bring forth). Re- 

 producing by buds. 



Gem'mule (L. a little bud). Applied to the ciliated embryos 

 of some Coelenterata ; also to the encysted masses of 

 sponge particles from which new organisms are produced. 



Ge'na (Gr. genus, the maxilla or cheek-bone). The part of 

 the skeleton of the head to which the mandible of the 

 cockroach is articulated. 



