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Syno'via (Gr. sun, together; don, an egg). The fluid secreted 

 for the lubrication of the joints by the synovial mem- 

 branes, so called because resembling the white of an egg. 



Syno'vial (Gr. sun, together; oon, an egg). Applied to the 

 bursce or membranous sacs secreting the synovia, and 

 which line the movable joints ; also to the synovia itself, 

 under the name of the synovial fluid. 



Syn'tonin (Gr. sun, together; teino, I stretch). A peculiar 

 variety of fibrin obtained from muscular fibre. 



Sy'rinx (Gr. surinx, a pipe, flute). The lower larynx in birds 

 by which the voice is produced. 



System'ic. Relating to the system as a whole. Applied to 

 that portion of the circulation by which the blood is con- 

 veyed from the left ventricle of the heart, over the system 

 and back to the right auricle. A " systemic " heart in the 

 Invertebrata is one which propels blood over the system 

 after receiving it from the gills. 



Sys'tole (Gr. sustello, to draw together, contract). A contrac- 

 tion. Applied to the contraction of the heart 



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Tac'tile (L. tactus, touching). Relating to touch, as the 

 tactile corpuscles, which are concerned in the sense of touch. 

 Tactile nervous impressions are those which, when con- 

 veyed to the brain, result in the perception of touch. 



Tse'nia hippocam'pi (Gr. tainia, a band or ribbon; hippos, a 

 horse; kampto, I bend). A narrow white band which 

 runs along the hippocampus major of the lateral ventricles 

 of the brain. 



Tae'nia semicircula'ris (Gr. tainia, a band or ribbon). A 

 narrow flat band between the corpus striatum and optic 

 thalami of the brain. 



Tse'niada (Gr. tainia, a ribbon). The tape-worms. 



Ta'lo-scaph'oid (L. talus, the astragalus ; scaphoid bone). The 

 name given to a ligament on the dorsum of the foot, which 

 extends from the astragalus to the scaphoid bone. 



Tal'pmae (L. talpa, a mole). The moles, a family of the 

 Insectivora. 



Talus (L. a die 1 ). Another name for the astragalus which 

 see. 



