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GLOSSARY. 



Antrum, a cave. 



Aorta, aeipa I raise up; in the 

 passive, to arise ; the artery of 

 origin. 



Aphasia, d privative, and <a<ris 

 speech ; loss of the mental 

 faculty of speech, as distin- 

 guished from paralysis of the 

 organs of speech. 



Aponeurosis, UTTO from, and vzvpov 

 a sinew ; white fibrous tissue of 

 tendinous consistence spread 

 out in a sheet. 



Arachnoid, apayvr] a spider's web, 

 and eloos form ; the serous mem- 

 brane which surrounds the brain 

 and spinal cord. 



Areolar, areola a little space ; 

 areolar tissue, a form of white 

 fibrous tissue named from the 

 spaces between the felted fibres. 



Artery, arteria an air vessel, as 

 arteria aspera the wind-pipe ; a 

 vessel carrying blood away from 

 the heart, supposed by the 

 ancients to contain animal 

 spirits. 



Arteriole, a little artery. 



Arthrodia, apQpov a joint; an 

 articulation permitting little 

 movement. 



Arytenoid, apvraiva a ewer or 

 ladle, and i<5os form ; the name 

 given to two cartilages of the 

 larynx, on account of the spout 

 formed between them. 



Asphyxia, a privative, and cr$u> 

 I throb ; cessation of pulse 

 caused by cessation of breath- 

 ing, choking, suffocation. 



Assimilation, slmilis like; the 

 power by which living bodies 

 convert matters from without 

 into their own substance. 



Astragalus, ao-rpdyaXos the bone 

 by which the foot articulates 

 with the leg. That of the sheep 

 was used by the ancients as a 

 kind of dice. 



Atlas, the god who bore up the 

 pillars of heaven ; the first cer- 

 vical vertebra. 



Auricle, auricula the outer ear. 

 The auricles of the heart are 

 named from a fancied resemb- 



lance of the auricular appen- 

 dages to dogs' ears. 



Automatic, auT-o/xa-ros self -moving; 

 applied to movement in which 

 the body acts like a machine, 

 without apparent intervention 

 of consciousness. 



Axis, a pivot ; the second cervical 

 vertebra. 



Bacillary, latillum a little staff; 

 bacillary layer of the retina, 

 consisting of rods and cones. 



Bicuspid, bis twice, and cuspis a 

 pointed extremity; two pointed, 

 as the bicuspid teeth, and the 

 bicuspid valve guarding the left 

 auriculo-ventricular opening of 

 the heart. 



Biology, j3i'o life, and Xoyos dis- 

 course ; the science treating of 

 living bodies. 



Blastoderm, ft\aan-6<s a shoot or 

 germ, and <5e'f>/xa a skin ; the 

 germinal membrane in which 

 the embryo appears. 



Branchial, branchiae gills ; belong- 

 ing to gills. 



Bronchus, (3p6y^o^ the wind-pipe ; 

 technically a name given only 

 to each of the two tubes into 

 which the trachea divides. 



Bronchia, or bronchial tubes, the 

 smaller tubes into which the 

 bronchi divide. 



Buccal, bucca the hollow interior 

 of the cheeks ; belonging to the 

 cavity of the mouth. 



Bursa, a pouch ; a membranous 

 sack interposed between parts 

 which are subject to movement 

 one on the other, to allow them 

 to glide smoothly. 



Cadaveric, cadaver a dead body ; 

 cadaveric rigidity is the stiff- 

 ness after death. 



Csecum, ccecu&blind. ; the blind in- 

 testine, intestinum ccecum or 

 caput ccecum coll. 



Calcaneum, calx the heel; the 

 heel bone. 



Camera, a chamber. 



Canthus, the corner of the eye. 



Capillary, capillus hair ; capillary 



