LIST OF TECHNICAL TERMS. 297 



o-vi-pos'-i-tor (Lat. ovum, egg, audponere, to place). 



o'-vum (Lat. ovum), egg. 



pal'-ate (Lat. palatum), the roof of the mouth. 



pal'-a-tine (Lat. palatum, the roof of the mouth), the bones supporting 



the palate. 



pal'-li-al (Lat. pallium, a mantle), 

 pal'-pus, pi. palpi (Lat. palpus), feeler. 



pan'-cre-as (Gr. pangkreas, pancreas, from pas, all, and kreas, flesh), 

 pa-pil'-la, pi. papillce (Lat. papilla), a pimple-like projection, 

 par-a-me'-ci-um (Gr. para, beside, and mekos, strength). 

 par-a-sphe'-noid (Gr. para, beside, and sphenoid, q.v.). 

 pa-ri'-e-tal (Lat. paries, a wall), 

 pa-rot'-id (Gr. para, beside, and ous, otos, the ear), 

 pa-tel'-la (Lat. dim. of patena, a pan), the kneepan. 

 pec'-ti-na-ted (Lat. pecten, a comb), toothed, like a comb, 

 pec'-to-ral (Lat. pectus, breast), pertaining to the breast. 

 ped'-i-cel (Lat. pediculus, dim. of pes, pedis, foot), 

 ped-i-cel-la'-ri-a, pi. pedicellarice (Lat. pedicellus, pedicel, and -aria). 

 pel'-vis (Lat. pelvis, a basin). 



per-i-car'-di-um (Gr. peri, around, and kardia, the heart), 

 per'-i-stome (Gr. peri, around, and stoma, mouth), 

 per-i-to-ne'-um (Gr. peri, around, and teinein, to stretch), 

 pha-lan'-ges, pi. of phalanx (Gr. phalangx, phalanx), 

 phar'-ynx (Gr. pharungx). 

 pi'-ne-al (Lat. pinea, the cone of a pine). 

 Pis'-ces (Lat. pi. of piscis, a fish), fishes, 

 pi-tu'-i-ta-ry (Lat. pituita, phlegm, mucus). This body was once 



erroneously supposed to secrete the mucus of the nostrils, 

 plas'-ma (Gr. plasma). 

 plas'-tron (Fr. plastron, a breastplate). 

 pleu'-rum, pi. pleura (Gr. pleura, the side), 

 plex'-us (Lat. plexus), a twining or twisting; a network, 

 por'-tal (Lat. porta, a gate), the gateway of the liver, the portal vein, 

 post'-ca-va, pi. postcavce (Lat. post, after, and cavus, hollow), posterior 



vena cava or ascending vena cava. 

 pos-te'-ri-or (Lat. comp. of posterns, coming after), hinder ; opposed to 



anterior. 



post-or'-bit-al (Lat. post, after or behind, and orbis, a circle), 

 prae'-ca-va, pi. prcecavce (Lat. prce, before, and cavus, hollow), anterior 



vena cava or descending vena cava. 

 pre-cor'-a-coid (Lat. pro?, before, and coracoid, q.v.). 

 pre-max'-il-la-rv ( Lat. vrce, before, and maxilla, jaw). 



