GLOSSARY. 



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blood; the blood minus the 

 corpuscles. 



Locule, locidus (diminutive of 

 locus) a little space; a minute 

 hollow. 



Lumbar, lumbus the loin ; belong- 

 ing to the loins, as lumbar re- 

 gion, lumbar vertebrae. 



Lymph, lymplia water ; the col- 

 ourless fluid brought back from 

 the textures by special absorb- 

 ent vessels called lymphatics; 

 also used in pathology to de- 

 note clear coagulable substance 

 thrown out from the textures 

 in abnormal circumstances. 



Malar, mala the prominence of 

 the cheek ; the name of the 

 cheek-bone. 



Malleus, a hammer; one of the 

 ossicles in the tympanum of the 

 ear. 



Mamma, the breast. 



Mandible, mandibula (mando I 

 chew) the lower jaw. 



Manubrium, a handle ; manubri- 

 urn of the malleus and of the 

 sternum. 



Mastication, /xacrao/xat I chew ; 

 the whole mechanical breaking 

 up of the food in the mouth. 



Mastoid, /XO-TOS a breast, and 

 elo5 form; nipple shaped; the 

 name of the process of the tem- 

 poral bone, behind the ear. 



Matrix, a womb ; the substance 

 in which anything is embedded. 



Maxilla, a jaw ; applied to both 

 jaws, the bones being respec- 

 tively called superior and in- 

 ferior maxillary. 



Meatus, a passage ; external and 

 internal auditory meatus ; and 

 superior, middle, and inferior 

 meatus of the nose. 



Meconium, HI'IKMV a poppy; poppy 

 juice; the faeces of the new- 

 born infant. 



Medulla oblongata, elongated 

 marrow ; the part of the brain 

 continuous with the spinal cord. 



Medullary, medulla marrow ; usu- 

 ally applied to central parts of 

 organs, in opposition to corti- 

 cal ; but the medullary sheath 



of a nerve fibre is named from 

 having a consistence like mar- 

 row. 



Meninges, /uT/i/tyg a membrane; a 

 name given to the membranes 

 of the brain and spinal cord. 



Mesentery, /meo-oe. middle, and eV 

 Ttpoi/ intestine; structure form- 

 ed by duplication of peritoneum, 

 intervening between intestine 

 and abdominal wall. 



Metacarpus, //era after, and rp- 

 0-05 the wrist ; the five bones be- 

 yond the carpus, and support- 

 ing the digits of the hand. 



Metatarsus, /ULETO. after, and Tf>- 

 TTO'S the flat of the foot ; the 

 five bones beyond the tarsus, 

 and supporting the toes. 



Mitral, like a mitre ; a name given 

 to the bicuspid valve of the 

 heart. 



Modiolus, a nave of a wheel; the 

 central column round which the 

 cochlea winds. 



Molar, mola a mill; a grinder or 

 back tooth. 



Morphology, fJLoptfnj form, and 

 XJyos discourse ; the study of 

 the laws of form or structure in 

 living beings. 



Mucus, discharge from the nose ; 

 any such viscid secretion; con- 

 taining a peculiar nitrogenous 

 substance, mucin. 



Multicuspid, multus many, and 

 cuspis a pointed extremity. The 

 molar teeth are multicuspid, 

 having several cusps on their 

 crowns. 



Musculi papillares, papillary 

 muscles ; the muscular projec- 

 tions in the interior of the ven- 

 tricles of the heart, to which 

 the chordae tendiuese of the auri- 

 culo- ventricular valves are at- 

 tached. 



Myographion, /nv-s a muscle, and 

 ypa(/>o> I write ; an instrument 

 by which the rapidity of the 

 nervous current is determined 

 by the time at which a muscle 

 contracts after application of 

 stimuli to different parts of the 

 course of the nerve supplying it. 



