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GLOSSARY. 



Epidermis, e-n-i upon, and Sep/xa 

 the skin ; the cuticle or scarf 

 skin. 



Epigastrium, CTTL upon, and yaa- 

 Tt'ip the belly ; the upper abdo- 

 minal region, below the sternum 

 and between the costal carti- 

 lages of opposite sides. 



Epiglottis, 7ri upon, and f/lotti*; 

 the cartilaginous lid which lies 

 above the glottis. 



Epiphysis, kiri upon, and (j>v<ns 

 growth ; a supplementary centre 

 of ossification, such as those 

 found at the extremities of long 

 bones and at the tips of the 

 spinous and transverse processes 

 of vertebrae. 



Epithelium, eiri upon, and 0^A.Xo> 

 I bloom ; a coating of one or 

 more strata of nucleated cor- 

 puscles on a free surface. 



Ethmoid, ?/6/xo5 a sieve, and eldos 

 form ; one of the bones of the 

 head, so named from being per- 

 forated with a number of little 

 holes, through which the fila- 

 ments of the nerve of smell 

 pass. 



Excretin, excreta things excreted ; 

 a crystalline substance obtained 

 from faeces. 



Excretion, ex out, and cresco 1 

 grow; any waste material thrown 

 out from the body. 



Exogenous, ew without, and yev- 

 vaw I bring forth ; growing out- 

 side the pre-existing structure. 



Exosmosis, ew without, and &0ew 

 I push ; the current from with- 

 in outwards, when diffusion of 

 fluids takes place through a 

 membrane. 



Faeces, dregs ; the discharges by 



the bowel. 



Falx, a sickle ; falx cerebri a pro- 

 cess of dura mater between the 



cerebral hemispheres. 

 Fascia, a bandage ; felted white 



fibrous tissue disposed in the 



form of a membrane. 

 Fasciculus, a little bundle, as 



those of muscular and nerve 



fibres. 



Fauces, faux the gullet ; the pas- 

 sage beneath the soft palate, be- 

 tween the mouth and pharynx. 



Femur, the thigh ; the thigh bone. 



Fenestra ovalis and fenestra ro- 

 tunda, the oval and the round 

 window; two apertures in the 

 bone between the tympanic 

 cavity and the labyrinth of the 

 ear. 



Fibrilla, a little fibre; one of the 

 longitudinal threads into which 

 a striped muscular fibre can bo 

 divided. 



Fibrin, fibra a fibre ; a variety of 

 albuminoid substance, named 

 from its coagulating and ex- 

 hibiting a fibrous structure. 



Fibrinogen, fibrin,, and ytwaia I 

 bring forth; the substance in 

 the blood and elsewhere which 

 coagulates on addition of fibrino- 

 plastin. 



Fibrinoplastin,yz6rm, and TrXao-o-co 

 I fashion ; the substance which, 

 added to fibrinogen, causes it 

 to coagulate. 



Fibula, a clasp or buckle ; the 

 small or outer bone of the 

 leg. 



Filiform, filum a thread, and 

 forma form ; thread-like, as the 

 filiform papillae of the tongue. 



Filum terminate, the terminal 

 thread which descends from the 

 extremity of the spinal cord. 



Fimbriated, fimbria a fringe 

 fringed. 



Fissiparous, fissus cleft, and pario 

 I bring forth ; multiplying by 

 division into equal parts 



Foetus, the young of any animal ; 

 the unborn offspring. 



Follicle, folliculus diminutive of 

 follis a bag ; a simple gland or 

 other pouch, as the follicles of 

 LieberkuhrLand closed follicles. 



Foramen, a hole. 



Fornix, an arch; a part of the 

 brain. 



Fossa, a ditch ; a depression, par- 

 ticularly in a bone. 



Fovea centrally the central pit ; 

 a part of the retina. 



Frontal, Jrons the forehead ; the 



