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GLOSSARY. 



other than deficient pressure of 

 blood on the brain. 



Commissure, commissura a join- 

 ing ; a connecting link between 

 two parts in the cerebro-spinal 

 axis. 



Concha, a shell ; the cup of the 

 ear. 



Conjunctiva (membrana), COD join- 

 ing membrane ; the mucous 

 membrane folded over the front 

 of the eye-ball and the interior 

 of the eye-lids, joining them to- 

 gether. 



Condyle, KovSuXos a knuckle ; usu- 

 ally applied to a prominent ar- 

 ticular surface. 



Coracoid, K<>pa a crow, and el<5os 

 form ; shaped like a crow's 

 beak, coracoid process of scap- 

 ula. 



Corium, skin ; a name for the 

 cutis vera. 



Cornea (tunica), the corneous or 

 horny tunic ; the transparent 

 part of the outer tunic of the 

 eye-ball. 



Cornu, a horn ; applied to things 

 projecting like horns, as the 

 cornua of the ventricles of the 

 brain, and of the grey matter 

 of the spinal cord. 



Coronoid, /co^u>i/j] a crow, and e7<5os 

 form ; like a crow's beak ; thus 

 coronoid process of ulna and of 

 lower jaw. 



Corpora albicantia, whitish 

 bodies ; a pair of bodies on the 

 base of the brain. 



Corpora CLuadrigemina, bodies 

 four at a birth ; a part of the 

 brain exhibiting four elevations. 



Corpora striata, striped bodies ; a 

 pair of structures in the brain. 



Corpus callosum, hard body ; the 

 great transverse commissure of 

 the cerebral hemispheres. 



Corpus luteum, yellow body; a 

 body found in the ruptured 

 Graafian vesicle, from which the 

 ovum has escaped. 



Cortical, cortex bark ; applied to 

 outside portions of organs. 



Costal, costa a rib ; belonging to a 

 rib. 



Cribriform, cribrum a sieve ; per- 

 forated with small holes. 



Cricoid, /cpk-o? a ring, and l<5os 

 form ; the name of the lower 

 cartilage of the larynx. 



Cruorin, cruor gore ; the colouring 

 matter of the blood. 



Crus, a leg, shank, or column of 

 support ; thus, the crura cerebri, 

 crura cerebelli, and crura of the 

 fornix. 



Crusta petrosa, stony crust ; a 

 substance allied to bone, coat- 

 ing the fangs of teeth, and in 

 many animals filling depressions 

 in the enamel. 



Crystalloid, Kpva-TaX.Xo's crystal, 

 and tldos form ; a substance, 

 the solutions of which are dif- 

 fusible through membranes, 

 such substances being generally 

 capable of crystallization. 



Cuboid, /cu/3o5 a cube, and t<5o? 

 form ; the name of a bone of the 

 foot. 



Cuneiform, cuneus a wedge, and 

 forma form ; the name of one 

 bone in the hand and of three 

 bones in the foot. 



Cusp, cuspis a spear-point, or other 

 pointed extremity ; thus, the 

 cusps of the crowns of teeth, 

 and of the auriculo- ventricular 

 valves. 



Cutis vera, true skin; the in- 

 tegument beneath the cuticle. 



Cyanosis, KUUVOS dark blue ; a 

 blue-skinned condition, the re- 

 sult of deficient aeration of the 

 blood, in consequence of patency, 

 after birth, of the foramen ovale 

 between the auricles of the 

 heart. 



Cystic, /cue-Tie a bladder ; belong- 

 ing to a bladder*, as the cystic 

 duct, the duct of the gall 

 bladder; ajso, haying bladders 

 or cysts, as a cystic tumour. 



Decidua, things subject to falling 

 or to be shed; growths of the 

 mucous membrane of the 

 uterus during pregnancy ; dis- 

 tinguished as qecidua vera, re- 

 flexa, and serotina the true, 



