372 GLOSSARY 



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



vegetable kingdom. 

 Car'di-ac (Gr. Kapdta, kardia, the heart). The cardiac orifice of the 



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

 Car-niv'or-ous (L. ca'ro, flesh, and vo'ro, to devour). Subsisting upon flesh. 

 Ca-rot'id Ar'ter-y. 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 portion 



of the skull. It is nearly divided into two equal parts, called "hemi- 

 spheres," by a cleft extending from before backward. 

 Cho'roid (Gr. xfy uo) ' chorion, a membrane or covering). The middle 



tunic or coat of the eyeball. 

 Chyle (Gr. x^fc, chulos, juice). The milk-like fluid formed by the 



digestion of fatty articles of food in the intestines. 

 Chyme (Gr. xujc6s, chumos, juice). The pulpy liquid formed by digestion 



within the stomach. 



Cil'i-a (pi. of cil'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-ag-u-la'tion (L. coag'ulo, to curdle). Applied to the process by 



which the blood clots or solidifies. 



Coch'le-a (L. coch'lea, a snail-shell) . The spiral cavity of the internal ear. 

 Con'cha (Gr. Kbvxr), konche, a mussel-shell). The external shell-shaped 



portion of the external ear. 

 Con-junc-ti'va (L. con and jun'go, to join together). A thin layer of 



mucous membrane which lines the eyelids and covers the front of the 



eyeball ; thus joining the latter to the lids. 

 Con-trac-til'i-ty (L. con and tra'ho, to draw together). The property of 



muscle which enables it to contract, or draw its extremities closer 



together. 

 Con-vo-lu'tions (L. con and vol'vo, to roll together). The tortuous 



foldings of the external surface of the brain. 



Con-vul'sion (L. convel'lo, to pull together). A more or less violent agi- 

 tation of the limbs or body. 



