GLOSSARY. 235 
Fe nes’ tra (a window). 
Fil’/iform (filum, thread; forma, form): name of papille on tongue. 
Fora’ men (forare, to pierce) : a passage or opening, usually in bone, 
for the transmission of nerves or vessels. 
Fo ram’ina: the plural of foramen. 
For mal’ de hyde: an excellent disinfectant. 
For’ malin: a 4o per cent. solution of formaldehyde in water. 
For’ nix (an arch) : the projecting bundle of fibers from the gyrus hip- 
pocampus, beneath the corpus callosum. 
Fos’ sa (a ditch): a depression or furrow. 
Fu nic’ ulus (funts, a cord): applied to various cord-like structures. 
Gas’ tric (gaster, stomach): relating to the stomach. 
Gas troc ne’ mius (gas/er, stomach; knema, leg): large muscle in the 
calf of the leg. 
Gen’ era: plural of genus. 
Ge nic ula’ tum (geniculare, to bend the knee) : a name applied to cer- 
tain bodies in the brain. 
Gen’ us: a species or collection of species marked by one or more com- 
mon characteristics distinguishing them from other groups. 
Ging’ ly mus (gigglumos, a hinge): a kind of joint having free motion 
in two directions. 
Glen’ oid (glena, a cavity; oid, like) : pertaining to a shallow cavity. 
Glos’ sa: the tongue. 
Glu’ teal: pertaining to the buttocks. 
Glu’ te us (gloutos, buttock). 
Gly’ co gen (glukos, sweet) : animal starch. 
Grac’ilis (slender) : the name of a muscle in the leg. 
Gy’ ri: plural of gyrus. 
Gy’ rus (guros, a circle): a convolution of the brain. 
Hal’ lucis (from hallux, the great toe). 
He pat’ ic (hepar, liver): pertaining to the liver. 
Het’ erodont (heteros, other; odous, tooth): having teeth of mcre 
than one kind. 
Hom’ o dont (homos, the same; odous, tooth) : having teeth all of one 
form. 
Hy’ oid: the name of the bone at the root of the tongue. 
Hy’ po: under. 
Hy po gas’ tric: under the stomach. 
Hy po glos’ sus: under the tongue. 
In’ fra: below. 
In fra or’ bit al: under the orbit. 
