GLOSSARY. 



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name of the bone which forms 

 the forehead. 



Fundus, the bottom of anything ; 

 used with reference to hollow 

 viscera, such as the uterus and 

 bladder. 



Fungiform, fungus a mushroom; 

 thicker at the extremity than 

 at tie attached part, as the 

 fungiform papillae of the tongue. 



Ganglion, both Greek and Latin, 

 a swelling or hard knot or 

 lump; in anatomy, a swelling 

 on a nerve, and any nervous 

 centre. 



Ganglion impar, ganglion without 

 fellow ; the mesially situated 

 lowest ganglion of the sym- 

 pathetic chain. 



Galvanometer, galvanism (from 

 Gdlyani), and /ueh-poi/ a measure; 

 an instrument which indicates 

 the presence, direction, and 

 strength of a galvanic current 

 by the deviations of a magnetic 

 needle. 



Gastrocnemius, yac-rvp a belly, 

 and Kvi'ifjit] the leg ; a muscle 

 named from forming, in part, 

 the swelling of the calf of the leg. 



Gelatin, gelo I freeze ; a nitro- 

 genous substance, obtained by 

 boiling integument and other- 

 tissues, the solutions of which 

 form a jelly on cooling. 



Gemmiparous, gemma a bud. and 

 pario I bring forth ; repro- 

 ducing by buds. ui 



Ginglymus, yt-yyXu^os a hinge ; a 

 joint which admits of move- 

 ment in only one plane that is, 

 flexion and extension. 



Glenoid, yXrivi] the pupil, or a 

 shallow depression, and elos 

 form. The glenoid fossa is the 

 name given to the articular sur- 

 face of the scapula. 



Glomerulus, glomus a clew of 

 thread ; the clump of vessels 

 within a Malpighian corpuscle 

 of the kidney. 



Glottis, yXwTTa the tongue ; the 

 aperture into the wind-pipe, be- 

 tween the vocal cords. 



more properly 

 blood, 



Glycpgen, yXu/cus sweet, ytwaw I 

 bring forth ; a substance formed 

 in the liver, convertible into 

 grape sugar or glucose ; called 

 also amyloid substance. 



Gyri operti, hidden convolutions ; 

 another name for the Island of 

 Reil ; the convolutions at the 

 bifurcation of the fissure of 

 Sylvius. 



Haemoglobin, 



hcematoglobulin, a/xa , 



and globulin (globulus a globule) ; 

 the globulin of the blood ; a 

 variety of albuminoid substance, 

 characteristic of the red blood 

 corpuscles. 



Haematin, at/ma blood ; an in- 

 soluble substance, containing in 

 an altered form the colouring 

 matter of the blood. 



Helicotrema, e/\i a spiral, and 

 Tprjua a hole; the opening by 

 which the two scalse communi- 

 cate at the summit of the 

 cochlea. 



Helix, e\i% a spiral ; the elevation 

 which forms the greater part of 

 the margin of the outer ear. 



Hepatic, Tj-rrap the liver ; belong- 

 ing to the liver. 



Hippocampus, I'TTTTOS a horse, and 

 KctfjiTni a bending ; a fish with a 

 head like a horse, and a curly 

 tail; the name of certain curved 

 structures in the brain. 



Hilus, hilum the mark on the con- 

 cavity of a bean ; the concave 

 part of the kidney where the 

 ureter emerges. 



Histology, IO-TOS a web, and Xo'yos 

 discourse ; the study of the tex- 

 tnres. 



Homologous, O/ULOIOS similar, and 

 Xdyos a word ; similar in struc- 

 ture, or having structural af- 

 finity, as contradistinguished 

 from similarity of function. 



Hyaline and Hyaloid, OaXos crys- 

 tal ; clear as crystal. 



Hyoid, ', and el<5os form ; U 

 shaped ; the name of the bone 

 above the larynx. 



Hypoaria, UTTO under ; a pair of 



