392 GLOSSARY 



Diapedesis. A jumping through. The passing of blood cells through the walls of 



capillaries. 



Diaphoretic. A remedy which increases the amount of perspiration. 

 Diaphragm. A wall across a space. The muscle which separates the cavity of the 



thorax from that of the abdomen. 

 Diaphysis. The greater part of the shaft of a bone. 

 Diarthrosis. A movable joint. 

 Diastole. A Greek word meaning a drawing apart. The dilation of the chambers of 



the'heart. 



Digastric. Double bellied as the digastric muscle. 

 Digit A finger or toe. 

 Distal. Farthest from the head or trunk. 

 Diuretic. A remedy which increases the quantity of urine. 

 Dorsal. Belonging to the dorsum, or back. 



Duodenum. Meaning twelve. The duodenum is twelve finger-widths long. 

 Dura mater. Hard mother. The fibrous outer membrane of the brain and spinal 



cord. 



Dyspnea. Difficult breathing. 



Edema. Swelling caused by effusion of serous fluid into areolar tissues. 

 Efferent Bearing from. Efferent vessels leave organs. 



Effusion. An abnormal pouring out (or secreting) and collection of fluid in the body. 

 Element A substance which cannot be divided into simpler substances. 

 Eliminate. From words meaning without the threshold. To excrete substances 



which are useless. 

 Embryo. The ovum and structures belonging to it constitute the embryo, until the 



fourth month of intrauterine life. 

 Endo-. Within. Endocardium, within the heart. Endothelium, the epithelium of 



the interior of circulatory organs. 

 Endomysium. The sheath of a muscle-fiber. 

 Endosteum. The lining of medullary canals in long bones. 

 Ensiform. Sword-shaped. The appendix of the sternum. 

 Enteric. Pertaining to the enter on or intestine, as enteric or typhoid fever. 

 Enzyme. Any ferment in a digestive fluid. 

 Epi. Upon, as epi-condyle, epidermis, epiglottis. 

 Epimysium. The connective-tissue muscle sheath. 

 Epiphysis. A part of a bone which is formed independently, and joined later to 



complete the whole bone. 

 Epithelial. Pertaining to epithelium. 



Epithelium. The uppermost or superficial layer of cells of a body surface. 

 Erythrocyte. A red cell of the blood. A red corpuscle. 

 Esophagus. From a Greek word meaning to carry food. The esophagus transmits 



food from pharynx to stomach. 



Ethmoid. Sieve-like. The ethmoid bone has many openings on its surface. 

 Eversion. Turning outward. To evert an eyelid is to fold it back so as to expose the 



interior surface. 



Excretion. A waste substance to be removed from the body. The process of re- 

 moving waste from the tissues. 



Extension. Stretching out or extending. (Bending backward is over-extension.) 

 Exudate. A collection of material which has filtered through the walls of vessels into 



surrounding tissues. 

 Falciform. Sickle-shaped. 

 Falx. A sickle. 

 Fascia. A band; plural, fascia. The tissue which binds organs or parts of organs 



together. 

 Fauces. From the Latin word/a#, the throat. Isthmus of, the space bounded by 



the soft-palate, tonsils and tongue. Pillars of, the folds connecting the soft 



palate with the tongue and pharynx. (The tonsil is between the pillars of 



either side.) 



Femoral. Belonging to the femur or thigh bone. 

 Fetus. After the fourth month, the embryo becomes the fetus. 

 Fibrin. A proteid substance of the blood which causes coagulation. 

 Filiform. Thread-like in shape, slender; as filiform papillae of the tongue. 

 Fimbria. A fringe; fimbriated, having a fringe-like appearance. 





