GLOSSARY 



OF MEDICAL TERMS USED IN THIS WORK. 



Abdominalis. Pertaining to the belly. 



Abductor. A muscle, the office of which is to pull back. 



Accelerator Urince. A muscle of the penis. 



Acetabulum. A name given to the cavity which receives the head of the 

 thigh bone. 



Achillis Tendo. The tendon of the muscle inserted into the hock. 



Acromion. A process of the scapula, or shoulder blade. 



Alveolus. The socket of a tooth. 



Annular Ligament, (from annulus, a ring, because it is ring-like, and sur- 

 rounds the ligaments at the knee of the horse.) 



Antagonist. Such are the flexors and extensors of legs ; the former bend, 

 and the latter extend. 



Anterior. A term applied to what may be situated before another of the 

 same kind, as a prominence, lobe, artery, &c. 



Aponeurosis. A tendinous expansion. 



Articulation, (from articulus.) A joint. 



Atlas. The first bone of the neck. 



Auditory. Belonging to the organ of hearing. 



B 



Biceps, (from bis, twice, and caput, a head.) Two heads, applied to muscles 



from their having two distinct heads, or origins. 

 Bifurcate, [bifurcus; from bis, twice, and furca, a fork.) A blood-vessel is 



said to bifurcate when it divides into two branches. 

 Brachial. Of or belonging to the arm. 

 Brevis. Short 



Bronchial. Appertaining to the windpipe. 

 Buccal, (from bucca, the cheek.) Belonging to the cheek. 



c 



Calcaneum. The point of the hock. 



