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2781. Receptaculum pulmonis — (Avic. De anat. aortae descendentisl the 



hilum(?) of the lung. 



2782. -»- urinae — vesica urinaria, the (urinary) bladder. 



2783. Regil — (Avic.) »ossa ambulationi servientia«, the inferior extremity 



or lower limb. A. rijl J.:>,. Cfr. »rigil«. 



2784. Ren — kidney. 



2785. Renes succenturiati — glandulae suprarenales, the suprarenal glands 



(the suprarenal bodies or capsules, the adrenal glands). 



2786. Repagulum pudicitiae — hymen. 



2787. Rescheth — (Hyrtl:) retina. 



2788. Restricta — carpus. 



2789. Rete — omentum. 



2790. Rete mirabile — i. the rete mirabile (derived from arteria carotis 



interna) at the base of the skull of certain animals (rumi- 

 nants and others), supposed (by Galen) to be existing also 

 in man: 2. (Berengarius Carpensis:) branches of arteries 

 around the hypophysis and infundibulum cerebri; 3. (Realdus 

 Columbus:) plexus chorioideus ventriculi tertii, the chorioid 

 plexus of the third ventricle of the brain; 4. sinus caver- 

 nosus; 5. circulus arteriosus (Willisii, the circle of Willis, 

 at the base of the brain). 



Mundinus 22 r : »Et tunc eleva os panniculos duos ab 

 osse & in medio basilaris (q. v.) indirecto collatorii (q. v.| 

 inuenies rete mirabile. contextum textura fortissima: & 

 miraculose duplicata uel multiplicata ex arteriis subtilissimis: 

 ad inuicem contextis que sunt rami arteriarum appoplecti- 

 carum (i. e. carotid arteries): ascendentium : & in isto reti 

 siue in uenis istius retis continetur spiritus uitalis ascen- 

 dens a corde ad cerebrum: ad hoc ut fiat animalis . . . 

 ideo istud rete fuit contextum ex uenulis siue arteriis mini- 

 mis & subtilissimis: ut spiritus in eis contentus a cerebro 

 faciliter alteretur: & temperetur: & ad formam animalis 

 spiritus conuertatur: licet formam perfectiorem acquirat in 

 uentriculis cerebri: sicut sanguis in uentriculis cordis. « See 



»shabaka« xiy^i. 



2791. Rethe arteriarum — vide s. v. ^substantia velativa (cerebri)*. 



2792. Reticulum — omentum. 



2 793- "*" admirabile — (Benedictus) = »rete mirabile«. 

 2794. Reticum iecoris -— the fifth « lobe of the liver. 



