$0 GLOSSARY. 



Falx cgrgbelli (L. falx, a sickle ; cerebellum, the lesser brain). 



A process of the dura mater which intervenes between 



the two lateral lobes of the cerebellum. 

 Falx cg'rebri (L. falx, a sickle; cerebrum, the brain). A 



process of the dura mater which extends between the 



cerebral hemispheres. 

 Fas'cia la'ta (L. broad fascia). A large fascia of the thigh in 



the dog. 

 Fas'cicle (L. fasciculus, a little bundle). A term applied to the 



rootlets of endogenous plants which all grow from one point. 

 Fasciculate (L. fasciculus, a little bundle). Arranged in 



bundles, as the rootlets of some plants. 



Fasciculi gra'ciles (L. slender little bundles). A name some- 

 times applied to the posterior pyramids of the medulla 



oblangata. 

 Fasciculus (L. a little bundle). Applied to small bundles of 



nerve or muscle fibres. 

 Fasciculus 6'livary (L. olive-shaped little bundle). A bundle 



of fibres on each side, connecting the olivary body and 



anterior pyramid of the medulla oblongata. 

 Fasciculus te'res (L. fasciculus, a little bundle; tiro, I make 



round by rubbing). A bundle of fibres passing from each 



lateral column of the medulla to the cerebrum. 

 Fasciculus uncina'tus (L. little hooked bundle). A white 



bundle of fibres in the cerebrum. 

 Fasci'ola cing'rea (L. ash-coloured little bundle). A term 



sometimes applied to the upper part of the fascia dentata 



of the cerebrum. 

 Fasci'oles (L. fasclola, a little bandage). Bands of modified 



spines which occur in some of the Echinidea. 

 Fau'ces (L./aux, the gullet). The passage between the mouth 



and pharynx, beneath the soft palate. 

 Fau'na (L. /aunt, rural gods). The animal life of a region, 



country, or epoch. 

 Fe"moral (L. femur, the thigh). Relating to, or lying near to, 



the thigh-bone, as the femoral artery, femoral vein, &c. 

 Fe'moro-coceyge'us. A muscle passing from the caudal 



vertebrae to the femur in some Vertebrata. 

 Fe'mur (L. the thigh-bone). The bone of the thigh. The 



third joint of the legs in the fnsecta. 

 Fenes'tra ova'lis (L. oval window). A small oval opening in 



the tympanum of the ear, into which the stapes (or its 



representative in the lower Vertebrata) fits. 



