GLOSSARY. 2/5/5 



Can'cellated. [From the Lat. cancelli, "lattice-work."] A term used to 



describe the spongy lattice-work texture of bone. 

 Can'thus. [(Jr. Kanthot, the " angle of the eye."] The angle formed by the 



junction of the eyelids, the internal being the greater, the external the 



lesser, canthus. 



Cap'illary. [From the Lat. capillus, "hair."] A minutely fine vessel, resem- 

 bling a hair in sixe. 

 Car'bon. An elementary body, one of the principal elements of organized 



bodies. 



Carbon Di-ox'ide. CO 2 . Carbonic acid. 



Car'dio-inhib'itory. [From the Lat. kardia, " heart," and inhibeo, to " re- 

 strain."] An agent which restrains the heart's action. 

 Carot'ids. [Perhaps from the Or. karat, "stupor," because pressing on them 



produces stupor.] The great arteries conveying blood to the head. 

 Ca'sein. [From the Lat. MIMHM, "cheese."] The albumin of milk; the 



curd separated from milk by the addition of rennet, constituting the 



basis of cheese. 

 Caud'a Equi'na. [Lat.] "Horse-tail." A term applied to the termination 



of tin- spinal cord, which gives off a large number of nerves which, when 



unravelled, resemble :i, W.sr'x tail. 

 Cel'lulose. Basis of voidable libro. 

 Cerebel'lum. [Dim. of J.at. < > n /mini, the "brain."] The hinder and lower 



part of the brain ; the //'//// I/rain. 



Cer'ebrum. [Lat. the "brain."] Chief portion of brain. 

 Ceru'minous. [From (In- L:I.L //////////, "ear-wax."] A term applied to the 



glands sccrrt/m^ cerumen, mr-irax.' 

 Choles'terin. [From (lie dr. ./Wr, "bile." ;in<l stair, "fat."] A tasteless, 



inodorous, Tally substance I'miml in the A/A, blood, and ne.rvoiis tissue. 

 Chon'drin. [From the dr. chondros, "cartilage."] A kind of gelatin 



obtained by boiling c<ir/il<it/<'. 

 Chor'dae Tendin'ese. [La,t.| Tendinous cords. 

 Cho'roid. [From Mie (Jr. rhuriim, "skin," and eidon, "form" or "resem- 



lilanc<\"J A skin-like membrane: the second coat of the eye. 

 Chyle. [From the (Jr. ////o.s, "juice."] Milky fluid of intestinal digestion. 

 Chyme. [From the dr. ki/-mos, "juico."] Food that lias undergoiu; gastric; 



but not intestinal digestion, (lioth chyle and chyme signify literally 



In/ii ill or juice.) 

 Cica'trix. [Lat. a "scar."] The mark or scar left after th healing of a 



\\omid. 



Cil'ia. [Lat. th -yelaslies."] Hair-like processes of certain cells. 



Cil'iary. Pertaining to the cilia. 



Cil'iated. Provided \\il.h cilia. 



Circumval'late. [From Ihcs Lat. cirrunimllo, "to surround with a wall."] 



Siirmniiili il l>i/ a wall. 

 Clav'icle. [From the dim. of Lat. clnris. a "key.") The collar-hone, so 



named from its shape. 

 Coc'cyx. [Lat. the "cuckoo."] The lower curved hone of the spine, 



resembling a c.uckoo's bill in shape. 



