INDEX-GLOSSARY. 403 



V. 



Vacuole (dim. of vacuum, an empty space) A fluid-containing space in the 

 protoplasm of a cell, 8, 31; contractile v., 8, 10, 13, 314, 315, 316; 

 food v., 9, 14. 



Vagina The lower part of the oviduct leading from the uterus to the 

 exterior, or into the urinogenital canal or the cloaca, 43, 52, 80, 131, 

 299. 



Valve; of Shell, 109; of Heart, 162, 164, 196; Auriculo-ventricular, 

 115, 162, 196, 245; Bicuspid (mitral), 245; Eustachian, 245, 290; 

 Semilunar, 196, 245 ; Spiral v., 160, 161 ; Thebesian v., 290. 



Valvulse conniventes, 285. 



Vane The expanded part of a feather, 230. 



Variety, 4. 



Vas deferens = Spermiduct, q.v. 



Vas efferens A duct leading from spermary (testis) to spermiduct, 62, 80, 

 298, 334. 



Vein A vessel carrying blood to or towards the heart, 115; Allantoic, 

 267 ; Anterior abdominal, 199, 297 ; Azygos, 291, 332 ; Brachial, 246 ; 

 Branchial (Afferent and Efferent), 115; Cardinal, 265, 331; Caudal, 

 247 ; Caval, 198 ; Coronary, 291 ; Cuvierian, 265, 331 ; Facial, 291 ; 

 Femoral, 197, 247, 291 ; Gastric, 247 ; Hepatic, 142, 193, 198, 247, 

 291 ; Hepatic portal, 165 ; Hypogastric, 247 ; Iliac, 247, 291, 332 ; 

 Innominate, 198, 331 ; Intercostal, 332 ; Jugular, 198, 246, 265, 291, 

 332 ; Lieno-gastric, 292 ; Mesenteric, 247, 291 ; Pectoral, 246 ; Pelvic, 

 199 ; Portal, 142, 198, 199, 247, 291 ; Postcaval (Posterior vena cava), 

 198, 246, 291, 333 ; Precaval (Superior vena cava), 198, 246, 265, 291 ; 

 Pulmonary, 200, 247, 291 ; Renal, 128, 165, 198, 247, 297 ; Renal 

 portal, 165, 291 ; Sciatic, 199, 247 ; Subclavian, 198, 291, 331 ; Sub- 

 scapular, 198 ; Vence cavse (Caval veins), 198, 246, 291. 



Velum, 139. 



Vena cava, 198, 246, 291. 



Ventral (venter, the stomach) Lower, 28, 322. 



Ventricle (ventriculus, used with the modern meaning), in the heart In 

 the two or more chambered heart a muscular propulsive chamber, 162, 

 195, 245, 290, 315. 



Ventricle, of nerve-cord, 145, 168; of brain, 160, 252, 301. 



Veragua, 349. 



Vertebra (vertebra, a joint, especially of the backbone) A joint of the 

 backbone, 158, 183; Atlas, 184. 



Vertebral Column Scyllium, 158; Rana, 183; Columba, 257; Lepus, 

 278; Homo, 325. 



