254 GLOSSARY. 



side of the jaw ; in the upper jaw it is also known as the eye-tootn: 

 pointed like the tusks of a dog. 



CAP'IL-LA-RY (L. capil'lus, a hair, capiUa'rix hair-like). The name of 

 the extremely minute blood-vessels which connect the arteries with 

 the veins. 



CAR'BON DIOX-IDE (CO). Chemical name for carbonic acid gas. 



CAR-BON' ic A-CID. The gas which is present in the air expired from 

 the lungs ; a waste product of the animal kingdom, and a food of 

 the vegetable kingdom. 



CAR'DI-AC (Gr. xapdia, cardia, the heart). The cardiac orifice of 

 the stomach is the upper one, and is near the heart ; hence its 

 name. 



CAR-NIV'O-ROUS (L. ca'ro, flesh, and w'ro, to devour). Subsisting 

 upon flesh. 



CA-ROT'ID AR-TE-RT. The large artery of the neck, supplying the 

 head and brain. 



CAR'TI-LAGE. A solid but flexible material, forming a part of the 

 joints, air-passages, nostrils, etc. ; gristle. 



CA'SE-INE (L. ca'seus, cheese). The albuminoid substance of milk ; 

 it forms the basis of cheese. 



CER-E-BEL'LUM (diminutive for cer'ebrum, the brain). The little brain, 

 situated beneath the posterior third of the cerebrum. 



CER'E-BRUM (L.). The brain proper, occupying the entire upper por- 

 tion of the skull. It is nearly divided into two equal parts, called 

 " hemispheres," by a cleft extending from before backward. 



CHO'ROID (Gr. xopiov, chorion, a membrane or covering). The mid- 

 dle tunic or coat of the eyeball. 



CHYLE (Gr. *vA.o', cliulos, juice). The milk-like fluid formed by the 

 digestion of fatty articles of food in the intestines. 



CHYME (Gr. j^v/noS, ckumos, juice). The pulpy liquid formed by 

 digestion within the stomach. 



CIL'I-A (pi. of til'i-um, an eyelash). Minute, vibratile, hair -like pro- 

 cesses found upon the cells of the air-passages, and other parts that 

 are habitually moist. 



CIR-CU-LA'TION (L. cir'culus, a ring). The circuit, or course of the 

 blood through the blood-vessels of the body, from the heart to the 

 arteries, through the capillaries into the veins, and from the veins 

 back to the heart. 



CO-AQ-U-LA'TION (L. coatfulo, to curdle). Applied to the process by 

 which the blood clots or solidifies. 



COCH'LE-A (L. coch'lea, a snail-shellV The spiral cavity of the in- 

 ternal ear. 



