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hepato, liver. 

 hyper, above. 

 hypo, below. 

 karyo, kernel, nu- 

 cleus. 



kata, down. 

 lieno, spleen. 

 macro, large. 

 mega, large. 

 mere, division, part. 

 tneso, middle. 

 meta, behind. 



GREEK ROOTS (continued}. 



micro, small. 

 myo, muscle. 

 nephro, kidney. 

 neitro, nerve. 

 noto, back, dorsal. 

 odonto, tooth. 

 osteo, bone. 

 oid, resembling. 

 peri, around. 

 plasm, matter, sub- 

 stance. 

 pleura, side, lung. 



podo, foot. 

 pro, in front of. 

 procto, anus. 

 proto, first, primor- 

 dial. 



pseudo, false. 

 soma, body. 

 splanchno, viscera. 

 stoma, mouth. 

 torn, cut, divide. 

 zygo, unite. 



LATIN ROOTS. 



branch, gill. 

 circum, around. 

 infra, beneath. 

 inter, between. 

 intra, within. 

 multi, many. 



or-, mouth. 

 post, behind. 

 pree, in front. 

 pulmo, lung. 

 reno, kidney. 

 supra, above. 



The student should notice that both Latin and English 

 forms of some terms are in use : e.g., appendix vermiform is, 

 vesicula seminalis, tuberculum, ductus endolymphaticus, etc., 

 are absolutely synonymous with vermiform appendix, seminal 

 vesicle, tubercle, endolymph-duct, etc. As a rule the 

 English form has been used in such cases in this book. 



If any statement is found to be still obscure after 

 diagrams and list of roots have been consulted, the student 

 should mark it for future reference. It may be that 

 dissection will show him its meaning, or that the wider 

 knowledge that comes imperceptibly as his study extends 

 will afterwards make it clear. But whatever he does, he 

 should never delude himself into believing that he does 

 understand it if he doesn't. 



COMPARISONS. 



When the student has read through and dissected the 

 rabbit, and goes on to other types, he will find the making 

 of comparisons a most valuable means of testing the reality 

 of his knowledge and showing him its weak places. In the 



