234 GLOSSARY. 



Dig' it (digitus, a finger) : the name of a finger or toe. 



Dig it or' um : of digits. 



Diph'yodont (diphus, twofold; odous, tooth) : mammals having two 



sets of teeth. 



Dis' tad : away from the axis of the body. 

 Dis' tal : the part farther from the axis of the body. 

 Dor' sad (dorsum, the back) : toward the line passing from head to 



tail along the tips of the spinous processes. 

 Duode'num (duodeni, twelve each) : first part of the small intestine; 



in man it is twelve finger-breadths. 

 Du ra ma' ter (durus, hard ; mater, mother) : the outer membrane of 



the brain and cord. 



E den ta' ta (e, without; dens, a tooth): an order of mammals some 

 of which have no teeth. 



Efferent (efferens, carrying from) : the opposite of afferent. 



Em' bry o : the undeveloped young. 



Enceph'alon (en, in; kephala, the head) : the brain. 



Endomys'ium (endon, within; mus, muscle): the extension of the 

 perimysium between the muscular fibers. 



En' si form (ensis, sword; forma, form): the cartilaginous process at 

 the caudal end of the sternum. 



Ep i did' y mis (epi, upon; didumoi, the testes) : the contorted tubule 

 forming the small body lying against the testis. 



Ep i mys' i um (epi, upon; mus, muscle) : the delicate membrane envel- 

 oping muscle. 



Epiph'yses (epi, upon; phuein, to grow) : a process of bone attached 

 for a time to another bone by cartilage, but later becoming firmly 

 united to it. 



Ep i the' li um : the outer layer of the skin and all mucous surface. 



Eth' moid (ethmos, a sieve; old, like) : the bone at the root of the nose. 



Eusta'chian (u sta' ke an} (named after the anatomist Eustachio). 



Euthe'ria (eus, good; therion, beast) : a subclass including all mam- 

 mals above the marsupials. 



Fac' et (facette, a little face) : a small plane surface usually on a bone 



for articulation. 

 Fal lo' pi an tube : the canal conducting the eggs from the ovary to the 



uterus. 



Fal lo' pi us : a noted Italian anatomist. 



Fas' ci a (fash' e ah) : the membranous fibrous covering of muscles. 

 Fas cic' u lus (fascis, a bundle) : a little bundle of fibers forming part 



of a nerve or muscle. 

 Fau' ces (faw r sez} : that part of the throat surrounded by the palate, 



tonsils and uvula. 



