GLOSSARY. 239 
Pop lit’eal (poples, knee): pertaining to the caudal region of the 
knee-joint. 
Post: a common prefix meaning after or behind. 
Prima’ tes (primus, first): the highest order of mammals, including 
man and the monkeys. 
Pro fun’ da (profundus, deep): a term given to a part deep-seated. 
Pro to chor da’ ta (protos, first; chorda, cord): those forms between 
the invertebrates and vertebrates. Seasquirts. 
Pro to the’ ria (protos, first; therion, beast): the Oviparous mammals. 
Prox’ i mad: toward the central axis of the body. 
Prox’ imal: that part nearest to the central axis of the body. 
Pter’ y goid (pteron, wing; oid, like): part of the sphenoid bone. 
Pul’/monary (pulmo, lung): pertaining to the lung. 
Py lor’ic (pyloros, gate-keeper) : the opening of the stomach into the 
duodenum. 
Quad’ riceps (guadri, four; caput, head). 
Quad ri gem’ina: plural of quadrigeminum. 
Quad ri gem/inum (quadri, four; geminus, twin born): part of the 
brain. 
Ra’ mi: plural of ramus. 
Ra’ mus: the branch of an organ. 
Rec’ tus: straight. 
Rhin’ al: pertaining to the nose. 
Ro lan’ do: an anatomist. 
Ro tun’ dum: round. 
Ru’ minant (ruminare, to chew the cud): any of the ungulates which 
chew the cud. 
Sa’ crum (saccr, sacred) : the part of the backbone between the innomi- 
nate bones. 
Sag’ it tal (sagitta, an arrow): a name given to a vertical longitu- 
dinal plane of the body. 
Scaph’ oid (skapha, a boat) : a bone in the wrist and also the ankle. 
Sciat’ ic (si at’ ic): relating to structures in the region of the ischium. 
Scle rot’ ic (skleros, hard): relating to the outer coat of the eye. 
Se ba’ ce ous (sebum, suet or fat): the name of glands in the skin. 
Sec to’ rial (secare, to cut): the carnassial or last premolar tooth in 
many of the carnivora. 
Semilu’ nar (semi, half; /una, moon). 
Ses’amoid (sesamon, a grain; oid, like): the name of small bones 
developed in tendons. 
Sig’ moid: shaped like the Greek letter sigma. 
Si’ nus (sinus, a hollow): a cavity or channel. 
