A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene Part 68

AS-CENDENS. [L.] Ascending; rising.

AS-PHYXI-A. [Gr. +a+, _a_, not, and +sphyxis+, _sphyxis_, pulse.]

Originally, want of pulse; now used for suspended respiration, or apparent death.

AS-TRAGA-LUS. [Gr.] The name of a bone of the foot. One of the tarsal bones.

AUD-ITION. [L. _audio_, to hear.] Hearing.

AUD-IT-ORI-US. [L.] Pertaining to the organ of hearing.

AURI-CLE. [L. _auricula_, the external ear; from _auris_, the ear.] A cavity of the heart.

AU-RICU-LAR. [L. _auricula_.] Pertaining to the auricle.

AX-ILLA. [L.] The armpit.

AXIL-LA-RY. Belonging or relating to the armpit.

A-ZOTE. [Gr. +a+, _a_, not, and +z+, _zo_, life.] Nitrogen. One of the const.i.tuent elements of the atmosphere. So named because it will not sustain life.

BEN-ZOIC. _Benzoic acid._ A peculiar vegetable acid, obtained from benzoin and some other balsams.

BICEPS. [L. _bis_, twice, and _caput_, a head.] A name applied to muscles with two heads at one extremity.

BI-CUSPIDS. [L. _bis_ and _cuspis_, a point.] Teeth that have two points upon their crown.

BILE. [L. _bilis_.] A yellow, viscid fluid secreted by the liver.

BI-PENNI-FORM. [L. _bis_ and _penna_, a feather.] _Bipenniform muscle._ Having fibres on each side of a common tendon.

BRACHI-AL. [L. _brachium_.] Belonging to the arm.

BREVIS. [L.] _Brevis_, short; _brevior_, shorter.

BRONCHI-A, -. [L.] A division of the trachea that pa.s.ses to the lungs.

BRONCHI-AL. Relating to the bronchia.

BRONCH-ITIS. [L.] An inflammation of the bronchia.

BUC-CI-NATOR. [L. _buccinum_, a trumpet.] The name of a muscle of the cheek, so named because used in blowing wind instruments.

BURS MU-COSA. [L. _bursa_, a purse, and _mucosa_, viscous.] Small sacs, containing a viscid fluid, situated about the joints, under tendons.

Cc.u.m. [L.] Blind; the name given to the commencement of the colon.

CALX, CALCIS. [L.] The heel-bone.

CALCI-UM. [L.] The metallic basis of lime.

CAPIL-LA-RY. [L. _capillus_, a hair.] Resembling a hair; small.

CAPSU-LAR. Pertaining to a capsule.

CAPSULE. [L. _capsula_, a little chest.] A membranous bag, enclosing a part.

CAPUT. [L.] The head. _Caput coli._ The head of the colon.

CARBON. [L. _carbo_, a coal.] Pure charcoal. An elementary combustible substance.

CAR-BONIC. Pertaining to carbon.

CARDI-AC. [Gr. +kardia+, _kardia_, heart.] Relating to the heart, or upper orifice of the stomach.

CARNE-A, -. [L. _caro_, _carnis_, flesh.] Fleshy.

CA-ROTID. [Gr. +karos+, _karos_, lethargy.] The great arteries of the neck that convey blood to the heart. The ancients supposed drowsiness to be seated in these arteries.

CARPAL. [L. _carpus_, the wrist.] Relating to the wrist.

CARPUS, -I. [L.] The wrist.

CARTI-LAGE. [L. _cartilago_.] Gristle. A smooth, elastic substance, softer than bone.

CAR-TI-LAGIN-OUS. Pertaining to cartilage.

CAU-CASIAN. One of the races of men.

CAVA. [L.] Hollow. _Vena cava._ A name given to the two great veins of the body.

CELLU-LAR. [L. _cellula_, a little cell.] Composed of cells.

CER-E-BELLUM. [L.] The hinder and lower part of the brain, or the little brain.

CERE-BRAL. Pertaining to the brain.

CERE-BRUM. [L.] The front and large part of the brain. The term is sometimes applied to the whole contents of the cranium.

CERE-BRO-SPINAL. Relating to the brain and spine.

CERVIX. [L.] The neck.

CERVI-CAL. Relating to the neck.

CHEST. [Sax.] The thorax; the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen.