32 GLOSSARY. 



Cor'pora caverno'sa clltori'dis (L. cavernous body of the 



clitoris). The two cavernous bodies which unite to form 



the clitoris. 

 Cor'pora caverno'sa pe'nis (L. cavernous bodies of the penis). 



The two bodies which form the principal part of the 



penis. 

 Cor'pora genlcula'ta (L. the bodies with bent knee). Two 



small eminences in front of the corpora quadrigemina of 



the brain. 

 Cor'pora quadrige'mina (L. the four twin bodies). Four 



hemispherical elevations of the roof of the iter of the 



brain in the higher Vertebrata, which correspond to the 



corpora bigemina of birds and fishes. 

 Cor'pora stria'ta (L. striped bodies). Two masses of nerve 



tissue, one in the floor of each lateral ventricle of the 



brain. 

 Cor'pora trapezoi'dea- (L. trapezoid bodies). Elevations found 



in the medulla oblongata of some mammals. 

 Cor'pus adipo'sum (L. fatty body). A body connected with 



the kidney in some Vertebrata. Also applied to the 



substance which fills up the space between the walls of 



the abdomen and the contained organs in the Insecta. 

 Cor'pus callo'sum (L. hard body). The mass of nerve tissue, 



which in the Mammalia unites the cerebral hemispheres. 

 Cor'pus cflia're (L. ciliary body). The toothed mass of grey 



matter in the olivary bodies of the medulla oblongata, 



usually termed the corpus dentatum. 

 Cor'pus fimbria'tum (L. fringed body). A narrow white band 



in each of the cerebral hemispheres. 



Cor'pus Highmoria'num (L. body of Highmore). The incom- 

 plete vertical septum formed in the testicle by a process 



of the tunica albuginea. 

 Cor'pus lu'teum (L. yellow body). The reddish-yellow cellular 



mass which forms in the Graafian follicle of a mammalian 



ovary after the discharge of the ovum. 

 Cor'pus mammilla're (L. the mammillary body). Another name 



for each of the corpora albicantia, which see. 

 Cor'pus spongio'sum (L. spongy body). A mass of erectile 



tissue which surrounds the urethra in the male. 

 Cor'pus u'teri (L. body of the womb). The part of the 



womb between the fundus and the neck. 

 Corpus'cle (L. a little body). The solid cellular bodies found 



in blood, lymph, &c. 



