234 GLOSSARY. 
Dig’ it (digitus, a finger): the name of a finger or toe. 
Dig it or’ um: of digits, 
Diph’ y o dont (diphus, twofold; odous, tooth) : mammals having two 
sets of teeth. 
Dis’ tad: away from the axis of the body. 
Dis’ tal: the part farther from the axis of the body. 
Dor’ sad (dorsum, the back): toward the line passing from head to 
tail along the tips of the spinous processes. 
Duo de’ num (duodeni, twelve each): first part of the small intestine; 
in man it is twelve finger-breadths. 
Durama’ter (durus, hard; mater, mother): the outer membrane of 
the brain and cord. 
Eden ta’ ta (e, without; dens, a tooth): an order of mammals some 
of which have no teeth. 
Ef’ fer ent (efferens, carrying from): the opposite of afferent. 
Em’ bry o: the undeveloped young. 
Enceph’alon (en, in; kephala, the head) : the brain. 
Endo mys’ium (endon, within; mus, muscle): the extension of the 
perimysium between the muscular fibers. 
En’ siform (ensis, sword; forma, form): the cartilaginous process at 
the caudal end of the sternum. 
Epidid’ y mis (epi, upon; didumoi, the testes): the contorted tubule 
forming the small body lying against the testis. 
Epimys’ium (epi, upon; mus, muscle) : the delicate membrane envel- 
oping muscle. 
E piph’ y ses (epi, upon; phuein, to grow) : a process of bone attached 
for a time to another bone by cartilage, but later becoming firmly 
united to it. 
Ep ithe’ lium: the outer layer of the skin and all mucous surface. 
Eth’ moid (ethmos, a sieve; oid, like) : the bone at the root of the nose. 
Eu sta’ chian (u sta’ ke an) (named after the anatomist Eustachio). 
Eu the’ ria (eus, good; therion, beast): a subclass including all mam- 
mals above the marsupials. 
Fac’ et (facette, a little face) : a small plane surface usually on a bone 
for articulation. 
Fal lo’ pian tube: the canal conducting the eggs from the ovary to the 
uterus. 
Fal lo’ pius: a noted Italian anatomist. 
Fas’ cia (fash’e ah): the membranous fibrous covering of muscles. 
Fas cic’ ulus (fascis, a bundle): a little bundle of fibers forming part 
of a nerve or muscle. 
Fau’ ces (faw! sez): that part of the throat surrounded by the palate, 
tonsils and uvula. 
