RAMAL 1236 



TABLE OF RALES.— Continued. 



RAMUS 



Variety. 



When Heard. 



How and Where Produced. 



Size and Character. 



Condition in which 

 Heard. 



rlaleredux, rale 

 de retour. 



Inspiration and expira- 

 tion. 



By the passage of air through fluid 

 in a bronchial tube. 



Crackling 

 equal. 



and 



In pneumonia in the stag, 

 of resolution. 



Sibilant. 



Inspiration and expira- 

 tion. 



By narrowing of the smaller 

 bronchi from viscid mucus ad- 

 hering to the walls, from thick- 

 ening of the lining membrane or 

 spasmodic contraction. 



High-pitched and even 

 hissing or piping. 



In bronchitis, asthma, an 

 localized in beginniu 

 pulmonary tuberculosis 



Inspiration and expira- 

 tion. 



By lessened caliber of the larger 

 bronchi, from spasm, tumefac- 

 tion of mucous lining or external 

 pressure. 



Low-pitched and snor- 

 ing. 



Most frequent inbronchit: 

 and spasmodic asthma 

 but may occur in any pui 

 monary disease. 



Sub-crepitant. 



Inspiration and expira- 

 tion. 



By passage of air through mucus 

 in the capillary bronchial tubes. 



Small ; moist. 



Capillary bronchitis. 



Ramal (ra'-mal) [ramus, a branch]. Pertaining to a 

 ramus ; branching ; growing on a branch. Ramalis 

 vena, the portal vein and its branches. 



Ramastrum (ra-mas' '-truni) [ramus, branch]. In bi- 

 ology, one of the secondary petioles of compound 

 leaves. 



Ramdohr's Suture. See Suture. 



Ramellose (ram'-el-oz) [ramellus, a small branch]. 

 Bearing ramelli. 



Ramellus (ra-mel'-us) [dim. of ramus, a branch : pi., 

 Ramellf\. In biology, a branch less than a ramulus 

 occurring at the growing point of an algal filament. 



Ramenta (ra - men' '- tan) [L. , pi., Filings, Scrapings']. 

 I. Shreds, filings, or shavings. 2. Fine chaffy' scales 

 on the surface of plants, consisting of elongated cells. 

 R. intestinorum, shreds of intestinal mucus dis- 

 charged with the evacuations in severe dysentery. 



Ramentaceous (ram-en-ta' -se-us) [ramenta, filings]. 

 In biology, covered with ramenta. 



Ramentum (ra-men' '-lum)[L,. ,ascraping, a chip, a scale : 

 pi., Ramenta\ In biology, a scale-like or hairy out- 

 growth of the epidermis, of a membranous texture, 

 found on the stems and petioles of many ferns. 



Ramex (ra'-meks) [gen., Ramicis: pi., Ramices~\. A 

 hernia, or hernial tumor]. R. varicosus, varico- 

 cele. 



Ramicorn ( ra f -mik-orn) [ramus, a branch ; cornu, 

 horn]. In biology, the horny covering or sheath of 

 the rami of the lower mandible of a bird. 



Ramie (ram'-e) [Malay]. See China Grass. R. Fiber, 

 China-grass. The bast fiber from two varieties of 

 Boehmeria r.ivea, known in India as Rhea, and in the 

 Malay Archipelago as Ramie. The properly prepared 

 fiber is of fine, silky luster, soft, and extraordinarily 

 strong. It is the most perfect of all the vegetable 

 fibers, and is composed of pure cellulose. 



Ramification (ram-ifih-a' -shun) [ramus, a branch ; 

 facere, to make]. The branching and division of an 

 organ or part, as observed in the nerves and blood- 

 vessels. 



Ramiflorous {ra-mif-lo' -rus) [ramus, branch ; Jlos, 

 flower] . Flowering on the branches. 



Ramiform ( ram' -if- or m) [ramus, a branch ; forma, 

 form]. Resembling a branch in form. 



Ramify {ram' -if-i) [ramus, a branch ; facere, to make] . 

 To form branches. 



Ramiparous (ra-mip'-ar-us) [ramus, branch; parere, 

 to bear]. Producing branches. 



Ramolescence (ram - o- les'-ens) [Fr., ramollir, to 

 soften]. A softening ; mollification. 



Ramollissement (ra-mo-les' '-monig)) [Fr. ] . A morbid 



softening of any tissue or part. R. des os. Se 

 Osteomalacia.. R. hemorrhagipare, softening givin 

 rise to hemorrhage. 



Ramose (i-am'-oz) [ramus, branch]. Provided wit 

 many branches ; branching. 



Rampion (ram'-pe-on) [Sp., rampion, a species o 

 lobelia] . An herbaceous plant, Campanula rapttft< /. 

 lus, with an edible root, resembling a small turnij 

 R., Horned, the genus Phyteuma. 



Ramsden's Eye-piece. An eye-piece having tw- 

 plano-convex lenses, used with a micrometer. 



Ramsted (ram'-sted). See Antirrhinum linaria. 



Ramuliferous (ram-u-lif ' -er-tis) [ramulus, a lilt! 

 branch; ferre, to bear]. In biology, bearing ramu! 



Ramulose (ram r -u-loz) [ramus, a branch]. Full i 

 branchlets. 



Ramulous (ram'-u-lus) [ramulus, a little branch]. 1 

 biology, having many small branches. 



Ramulus (ram'-u-ius) [L. : pi. , Ramuli~\. A si 

 branch, or ramus. 



Ramus (ra'-mus) [L.]. The branch of an organ, es 

 peciallv of a vein or an artery. R. abdominalis, tiv 

 hypogastric nerve. R. acetabuli, a branch of ii 

 internal circumflex artery supplying the hip-joint. R 

 anastomoticus, the branch of an artery by which ai 

 anastomosis is established. R. anterior ascendens 

 R. anterior nervi acustici. See Cochlea 

 R. ascendens, the anterior branch of the fissure o 

 Sylvius. R. ascendens glabellaris, the branch < 

 the angular artery going to the inner angle of the orlit 

 R. ascendens nervi vagi, a branch of the supen 

 laryngeal nerve going to the epiglottis. R. ascen 

 dens (seu inferior) ossis ischii, the ascending bran 

 of the ischium. R., Ascending {of the Ischium), t 

 portion between its tuberosity and the acetabulum 

 R., Ascending (of the Pubic Bone), tin 

 between its body and the acetabulum. R. auriculari 

 nervi vagi. See JVerve of Arnold. R. bulbo 

 cavernosus. See Artery of the Bulb oft 

 R. canalis spinalis, the branch of the intero 

 artery supplying the walls of the spinal canal. R 

 cardiacus nervi vagi inferior, inferior cardiac n< 

 R. cardiacus nervi vagi superior, superior can 

 nerve. R.cervico-facialis (nervi facialis 

 facial nerve. R. cochleae, R. cochlearis, the o 

 lear nerve. R. communicans anterior, anterior i - 

 municating artery of the brain. R. communican 

 medullas spinalis, a branch of a spinal nerve unit 

 it with the sympathetic. R. communicans posterio" 

 the posterior communicating artery of the brain, • 

 cruralis, lumbo-inguinal nerve. R. cutaneus nerv 



