GLOSSARY. 



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vessels, those of the minutest 

 order ; capillary blood-vessels, 

 those between the arteries and 

 veins ; capillary lymphatics, 

 those which make the network 

 of origin in the tissues. 



Caput caecum coli, the blind head 

 of the colon. 



Carbonaceous, possessing carbon ; 

 applied to organic substances 

 which contain no nitrogen. 



Carotid, Kapa the head, and ous 

 the ear; the name of arterial 

 trunks ascending to the head, 

 close to the ears. 



Carpus, KapTTo's the wrist ; the 

 eight small bones at the wrist. 



Cartilage, cartilage gristle. 



Caruncula, caro flesh; a little 

 fleshy mass. 



Cauda equina, horse tail ; the col- 

 lection of large nerves descend- 

 ing from the lower end of the 

 spinal cord. 



Caudal, belonging to the tail, as 

 caudal vertebrae. 



Cerebellum little brain ; the part 

 of the brain overhanging the 

 medulla oblqngata. 



Cerebrum brain ; technically ap- 

 plied to the part of the brain 

 above the cerebellum and pons 

 Varolii. 



Cervical, cervix the neck ; belong- 

 ing to the neck, as cervical ver- 

 tebrae. 



Cerumen, cera wax ; the wax of 

 the ears. 



Chalaza, x"^ a hail, a pimple ; 

 the string which suspends the 

 yolk of an egg. 



Chlorophyll, x^ w P' ff green, and 

 <pv\\ov a leaf ; the green colour- 

 ing matter found in leaves. 



Cholesterin, x^ bile, and ar^-eap 

 suet ; a greasy; substance which 

 crystallizes in quadrilateral 

 scales, found in bile, and ob- 

 tained by decomposition of 

 various textures, especially brain 

 substance. 



Chondrin, xV<5pos cartilage ; a sub- 

 stance nearly allied to gelatin, 

 obtained from cartilage. 



Chorda dorsalis, dorsal cord ; an 



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embryonic structure in the posi- 

 tion afterwards occupied by the 

 bodies of the vertebrae. 



Chorda tympani, cord of the tym- 

 panum ; a nerve which traverses 

 the tympanum of the ear. 



Chordse tendine3e,tendinous cords; 

 the threads which retain in posi- 

 tion the cusps of the auriculo- 

 ventricular valves of the heart. 



Chorion, xP tou skin ; the outer 

 membrane surrounding the 

 foetns. 



Choroid, xP' s & choir, and tl&o? 

 form ; a structure formed of 

 numbers of small blood vessels 

 combined, as the choroid plex- 

 uses of the brain, and choroid 

 tunic of the eye. 



Chyle, x^Xo's juice ; the substance 

 taken up by the lacteals. 



Chyme, x^'w I pour ; the pulp sent 

 from the stomach into the in- 

 testine. 



Cicatricula, a little cicatrix, the 

 part of the yolk of a bird's egg 

 in which the embryo appears. 



Cicatrix, a scar. 



Cilium, an eyelash ; a lash such as 

 those which keep constantly 

 moving on some nucleated cor- 

 puscles. 



Circumvallate, circum around, 

 and vallum a rampart ; sur- 

 rounded by a rampart, as certain 

 papillae of the tongue are. 



Clavicle, clavis a key ; the collar 

 bone. 



Coccyx, a cuckoo ; the caudal 

 vertebrae of man, named from 

 being united to form a structure 

 like a cuckoo's beak. 



Cochlea, a snail's shell ; the spiral 

 part of the labyrinth of the ear. 



Colloid, Ko\\a glue, and eloo? 

 form; like glue or gum. In 

 chemistry, a substance whose 

 solutions are imperfect and in- 

 diffusible through membranes. 



Colon, KU)\ov a member of the 

 body ; the great intestine. 



Colostrum, the first milk after the 

 birth of the child. 



Coma, Kwfjia. a deep sleep ; uncon- 

 sciousness from morbid causes 



