223 GLOSSARY. 



Axil' la (axilla, armpit). 



Ax' il la ry : a name given to several structures in the region of the 



armpit. 

 Ax' one : the process which carries the impulse away from a nerve cell. 



Bi' ceps (bis, twice; caput, head): a term applied to muscles having 



two origins. 



Brach (brachium, arm). 



Brach' i al : a name given to several structures in the upper arm region. 

 Bron' chi : plural of bronchus. 

 Bron' chus (brogkos, windpipe) : the two tubes into which the trachea 



divides. 

 Buc' cal (bucca, cheek) : pertaining to the cheek. 



Cae' cum (blind) : first part of large intestine. 



Cal ca' ne um (calcaneum, the heel) : the os calcis or heel-bone. 



Cal lo' sum (callosus, thick-skinned): the largest commissure of the 



brain. 



Can a lie' u li : the small canals opening into the lacunae of bone. 

 Can'nula (canna, a tube) : a small tube. 

 Capit'ulum (capitulum, a small head) : the enlarged terminal portion 



of an organ. 



Car' di ac (kardia, the heart) : pertaining to the heart. 

 Ca rot' id : the chief artery lying on either side of the windpipe. 

 Car' pal (karpos, wrist) : pertaining to the wrist. 

 Cau' dad : toward the tail. 

 Cau' dal (cauda, tail) : relating to the tail. 

 Cen' trum : the body of a vertebra. 

 Ceph'alic (kephala, head) : relating to the head. 

 Cer a to hy' al : a part of the hyoid apparatus. 

 Cer'vical (cervix, neck) : a name applied to structures in the region 



of the neck. 



Cer' vi dae : the name of the deer family. 

 Chev' ron bones : the bones on the underside of some of the caudal 



vertebrae. 



Chi' asm (ki r azm, mark crosswise) : the optic commissure. 

 Chi rop' te ra (cheir, hand; pteron, wing) : an order of mammals in- 

 cluding the bats. 

 Cho an' as : the posterior nares. 

 Cho' roid : the middle lining of the eyeball. 

 Cir cum val' late (circumvallere, to surround with a wall): the name 



of the large papillae at the base of the tongue. 

 Clit' or is : a small erectile organ occupying the same relative position 



in the female as the penis occupies in the male. 

 Coc' cyx (kokkux, the cuckoo, resembling the bill) : the several united 



vertebrae forming the tail in man. 



