GLOSSARY. 139 



Supraclavi'cular nerves. Nerves made up of branches of the 

 third and fourth cervical spinal nerves which run above 

 the clavicles. 



Supracon'dyloid (L. supra', above ; condyle). The name of a 

 small process sometimes found upon the humerus. 



Supramaxil'lary (L. supra, above ; maxilla, a jaw). The name 

 given to a branch of the facial nerve which passes over the 

 side of the maxilla to the angle of the mouth. 



Su'pra-occi'pital (L. supra, above ; occiput, the back of the 

 head). A bone developed in some Vertebrata above the 

 foramen magnum of the skull, and represented in Human 

 Anatomy by the tabular portion of the occipital bone. 



Su'pra-cesophage'al (L. above the oesophagus). The name 

 given to a large ganglion in the Crustacea which lies 

 above the gullet. 



Su'pra-orT)ital (L. above the orbit). A name given to an ossifi- 

 cation in the skull of some Vertebrata ; also of a notch or 

 foramen in the temporal bone above the orbit, and also to 

 the nerve and artery which pass through it. 



Su'pra-re'nal cap'sules (L. capsules above the kidneys). Bodies 

 of unknown function situated in early life above the 

 kidneys, but which usually waste away as age advances. 



Su'pra-sca'pular. The name given to a notch in the superior 

 border of the scapula, and to the nerve which traverses it ; 

 also to the ligament attached to the notch, and which 

 converts it into & foramen. 



Su'pra-spina'tus (L. above the spine). The name of a muscle 

 which arises from the supra-spinous fossa of the scapula, and 

 is inserted into the tuberosity of the humerus. 



Su'pra-spi'nous (L. above the spine). The name given to the 

 superior and smaller division of the posterior surface of 

 the scapula ; also the name given to the ligaments which 

 connect the spines of the vertebrae. 



Su'pra-ster'nal (L. above the sternum). One of the branches of 

 the cervical nervous plexus. 



Su'pra-troch'lear (L. supra, above; trochlea, a pulley). A 

 branch of the ophthalmic division of the fifth pair of 

 nerves, which passes close to the point at which the pulley 

 of the upper oblique muscle is attached to the orbit. 



Suspenso'rium (L. suspendo, I hang, suspend). The apparatus 

 by which the lower jaw is suspended to the skull. 



Sustenta'culum lie'nis (L. support of the spleen). A fold of 

 peritoneum stretching from the diaphragm to the colon. 



