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GLOSSARY 



Hypothenar. Under the palm or sole. The eminence on the medial side of the 



palm or the sole. 

 Ileum. A roll or twist; the portion of small intestine which appears rolled or 



convoluted. 



Ilium. The upper portion of the hip-bone or os coxat. 

 Incisor. A cutting instrument. The front teeth are incisors. 

 Index. Indicator. The first finger named from its common use. 

 Induration. Hardening of the tissues. 

 Infra. Beneath. , 



Infundibulum. A funnel-shaped space or part. 

 Inhibition. The restraining or stopping of normal action. 

 Inguinal. Belonging to or near to the thigh or inguen. 

 Inlet The superior opening or brim or strait of the pelvis. 

 Innominatum. Unnamed. 

 Inorganic. A term applied to certain substances, mostly mineral, found in all organs 



but not produced by them. 

 Instep. The bend of the foot, dorsal aspect. 



Inter. Between, as intercostal, between ribs; intercellular, between cells, etc. 

 Inversion. A turning in, as inversion of the eyelashes; inversion of the foot. 

 Invertin. The ferment of intestinal juice. 

 Involution. The changing back to a former condition, of an organ which has fulfilled 



a function, as the involution of the uterus after parturition. 

 Iris. A circle or halo of colors. The colored circle behind the cornea of the eye. 

 Ischium. The lowest part of the hip-bone or os coxa. 



Jejunum. Empty. The third portion of the small intestine, usually found empty. 

 Jugular. Belonging to the neck orjugulum. 

 Kidney or ren (plural, renes). An important organ of elimination or excretion, in 



which the urine is formed. 

 Labium. A lip. (Plural, labia). 



Lacrimal. Having to do with tears or lacrymce, as the lacrimal gland. 

 Lacteal. Like milk (from lac, milk). The lacteals are lymph- vessels which carry the 



milky-looking chyle. 

 Lactose. Milk sugar. 



Lambdoid. Resembling the Greek letter lambda, \. 

 Lamella. A little plate, or thin layer. 

 Lamina. A plate or layer. 

 Larynx. The part of the air-passage extending from the base of the tongue to the 



trachea. 



Latissimus. Broadest. Latissimus dor si, broadest of the back. 

 Lens. A glass or crystal curved and shaped to change the direction of (or refract) 



rays of light. 



Lentiform. Shaped like a lens. 

 Leptomeningitis. Inflammation of the thin membranes of the brain the arachnoid 



and pia mater. 



Lesion. The effect of an injury, or of disease, in a tissue. 

 Leucocyte. A white cell of the blood or lymph. Leucocytosis, an increase in the 



number of leucocytes. 



Levator. A lifter. Levator palpebrce, lifter of the eyelid. 

 Linea. A line. 

 Linea alba. A white line. 

 Linea aspera. A rough line. 

 Lingual. Belonging to the tongue or lingua. 

 Lobule. A little lobe. 

 Lumbar. Belonging to the loin or lumbus. 

 Macula. A spot. Macula lutea, yellow spot. 

 Major. Greater or larger. 

 Malar. Belonging to the cheek or mala. 

 Malleolus. A little hammer. The two malleoli are the lower extremities of tibia 



and fibula. 



Mammary. Pertaining to the breast or mamma. 

 Mandible. Derived from mandere, to chew. The lower jaw-bone. 

 Manubrium. A handle. The first part of the sternum. 

 Masseter. A chewer. One of the muscles of mastication or chewing. 



