MOSCHATOUS 



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MOTOR 



Moschatous (rnos r -kat-us). Synonym of Moschate. 



Moschiferous {inos-kif'-er-us) [fiooxog , musk ; ferre, 

 to bear]. Yielding musk. 



Moschocaryon (tuos - ko - kar f - e - on) \ji6ax<K t musk ; 

 mpvov, kernel]. Nutmeg. 



Moschus (mos'-hus) [jiooxoq, musk: gen., Moschi\. 

 Musk. The dried secretion obtained from the folli- 

 cles of the prepuce of the musk-deer, M. moschife- 

 rus. It is always liable to adulteration, but the 

 Chinese musk is considered the best. It is a diffusible 

 stimulant acting on the nervous centers, and is used 

 with advantage in the collapse of typhoid fever and 

 in pneumonia. It is used chiefly as a perfume, the 

 odor being somewhat aphrodisiac. Dose gr. ij-x. 

 M., Tinct., io per cent, in strength. Dose gj-jss. 



Mosler's Diabetes. See Diabetes. 



Mosquito {nms-ke' -to)\$^., a little gnat]. 

 See Culex. Cf. Parasites {Anintal), 

 Table of. M. -culture, a culture of 

 blood that has been drawn by a mos- 

 quito from a sick person. 



Moss [maws) [ME., mos, moss]. A small 

 herbaceous plant of the natural order 

 Musci. M., Ceylon. See Agar-agar. 

 M., Club. See Lycopodium. M., 

 Corsican. See Corsican Moss. M., 

 Iceland. See Chondrus. M., Irish. 

 See Carragheen. M. -starch. See Lich- 



Frontalis. 

 Facial (upper). 

 Corrugator super- 

 cilii. 



Orbicularis, palp. 



Nasal muscles. \ 



Zygomatici. 



Orbicularis oris. \ 



Facial (middle). 

 Masseter. 

 Levator menti. 

 Quadratus " 

 Triangularis " 



Hypoglossus. 

 Facial (lower). 



Hyoid muscles. •< 



Omohyoideus. 



Ext. anterior^ 

 thoracic (pec- > 

 toralis major).) 



Motatorious (mo - tat - o f - re - us) \_motare> 

 p. p. motatus, to move]. In biology, vib- 

 ratory ; applied especially to certain long- 

 legged spiders and crane-flies which have 

 a habit of keeping the body in a state 

 of constant vibration. 



Moth (inaw'.h) [ME., mothe, moth]. See 

 Chloasma. M. -patch. Synonym of 

 Chloasma. 



Mother (muth / -er)[M'E. , moder, mother]. 

 A female parent. Also, any residue con- 

 tained in a solution. M.-cell, a cell 

 before segmentation, afterward splitting 

 up into smaller cells called Daughter- 

 cells. See Cell. M. -liquor, the liquid 

 that remains after the contained dis- 

 solved substances have been partly or wholly crys- 

 tallized or precipitated in an amorphous condition. 

 M.'s Mark. See Angioma and Navus matemus. 

 M. -nucleus. See Karyokinesis and Nucleus. M.- 

 of-pearl Osteomyelitis. See Osteomyelitis, Con- 

 chiolin. M.'s Plaster. See Brown Plaster. M.'s 

 Salve. See Brown Ointment. M. -skein. See Spi- 

 rent. M.'s-spot, a nevus. M.-star, a stage in karyo- 

 kinesis. See Karyokinesis, and Star. M. of Vinegar, 

 the gelatinous deposit found in vinegar, and formed 

 by the filaments of Afycoderma aceti, so-called because, 

 when introduced into a saccharine solution, it con- 

 verts the solution into vinegar. M. -water, the re- 

 maining solution of salts and other substances that 

 fail to crystallize after the spontaneously crystalliz- 

 able salts have been removed. See M. -liquor. M.- 

 wort, the herb Leonurus cardiaca, an emmenagogue, 

 nervine, and antispasmodic. It is a popular remedy 

 in amenorrhea and hysteria. Dose of the fid. 

 ext. Jss-ij. Unof. M. -wreath. See Aster, and 

 Wreath. 



Motile [mo' -til) \_movere, to move]. Capable of spon- 

 taneous motion, as a motile flagellum. 



Motion {mo' -shun) \_movere, to move]. Continuous 

 change of position. Also, an evacuation of the 

 bowels. M., Ameboid, the motion of certain low 

 forms of living cells. M., Brownian. See 



Brownian. M., Ciliary, the waving or lashing move- 

 ment of cells possessed of cilia. M., Involuntary, 

 a movement of an organ or part that is not an act 

 of volition. M., Pendulum, a to-and-fro movement 

 like that of the pendulum, sometimes observed in the 

 arms in obscure nervous diseases. M., Voluntary, 

 any change of position of an organ or part due to an 

 act of the will. See also Movement. 



Motive (ino'-tiv) \_movere, to move]. Causing motion; 

 a determining impulse. M. Force, M. Power, the 

 moving or impelling force. 



Motor (mo'-tor) \jnovere, to move]. A mover. A term 

 applied to various muscles and to a class of nerves. 

 M. Aphasia. See Aphasia. M. Area, the por- 



f Ascending fron- 

 J tal and parie- 

 tal convolutions 



[ (motor area). 



(3d frontal convo- 



! lution and in- 



j sula (center of 



(. speech). 

 Temporalis. 



J Facial (upper 



I branch). 

 Facial (trunk). 

 Post, auricular. 

 Facial (middle 

 branch ; lower 

 branch). 

 Splenius 



Sterno-mastoideus. 

 Spinal accessory 



f Levator anguli 



1 scapulae. 

 Trapezius. 



( Dorsalis scapulas 



\ (rhomboids). 

 Circumflex. 



( Long thoracic. 

 < (serratus mag- 



I nus). 



Phrenic 



Brachial Plexus 



5th and 6th 

 cervical (del- 

 toid, biceps, 

 brachialis, su- 

 pin. longus). 

 Motor Points of Face and Neck. 



Crural. 



Adductor magnus 

 Adductor longus. 



I Tensor vag. 

 f femoris. 



Sartorius. 



f Quadriceps. _ 

 \ (common point) 



Rectus femoris. 



Vastus extern. 



Vastus intern 



Motor Points of Anterior Aspect of Left Thigh. 



