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GLOSSARY. 



backbone, shaped like a cuckoo's 

 beak. 



Con-junc-ti'va. The mucous mem- 

 brane covering the front of the eye- 

 ball, and lining the lids. 



C6n-vo-lu'tioiis. Ridges on the 

 surface of the cerebrum and cere- 

 bellum. 



Corn (Lat., cornu, a horn). A small 

 portion of the epidermis, of horn- 

 like hardness. 



Cor'ne-a (Lat., cornea, horny). The 

 circular, transparent membrane in 

 the front of the eye. 



Cor'pus-cle (Lat., corpusMilum t a 

 small body). A minute particle 



Cos'tal (Lat., costa, a rib). Pertain- 

 ing to the ribs. 



Cu'ti-cle. The upper layer of the 

 skin. 



Cu'tis ve'ra (true skin). The deep 

 layer of the skin. 



Dan'druff. A scurf which forms 

 on the scalp, and comes off in 

 small scales. 



Dgn'tine (Lat., dens, a tooth). A 

 bonelike substance of which the 

 teeth are made. 



Der'ma. The deep layer of the 

 skin. 



Di'a-phragm 'midriff) A sheet 

 made of muscle and fibrous mem- 

 brane between the chest and ab- 

 domen. 



Duct. A tube by which a fluid, or 

 other substance, is conducted. 



Dys-p6p'si-a. Bad digestion. 



El'e-ment. One of the simplest 

 parts of which any thing consists. 

 A name applied to those simple 

 substances, between sixty and sev- 

 enty in number, to some of which 

 all material objects can be re- 

 duced. 



E-inul'sion. A mixture of oil with 



water containing some gummy or 

 albuminous substance. 



En-am'el. The hard and polished 

 substance which covers the crown 

 of a tooth. 



Ep-i-derm'is. The upper layer of 

 the skin. 



Eu-sta'chi-an tube. A tube con- 

 necting the middle ear with the 

 throat. 



Ex-pi'ra-to-ry (Lat., ex spirare, to 

 breathe out). Out-breathing. 



Fem'o-ral. Pertaining to the thigh. 



Fe'mur. The thigh-bone. 



Fi'ber. A thread of tissue. 



Fi-bro-car'ti-lage. A tissue made 

 of cartilage, with white fibers 

 mixed with it. 



Fi'brous me'm'brane. A mem- 

 brane made of fibers. 



Fib'u-la. A slender bone in the 

 calf of the leg 



Fla'vor. That which gives a pe- 

 culiar odor or taste. 



Fos'sa (Lat.,/ossa, a ditch). A de- 

 pression in a bone. 



Gas'tric. Pertaining to the stom- 

 ach. 



Gas-troc-ne'mi-us. The large mus- 

 cle extending from the thigh to the 

 heel on the calf of the leg. 



Gland. A name applied to many 

 organs which take part in the pro- 

 cesses of life. 



Glob'ule. A little globe. 



Glot'tis. A slit in the membranous 

 partition between the upper and 

 lower parts of the larynx. 



Glu'ten. A substance in grain that 

 contains the same chemical ele- 

 ments that meat contains. 



Gly'co-gen. A substance formed in 

 the body chiefly by the liver. 



Ha-ver'sian ca-nals' (from Havers, 

 who first described them). Micro- 



