Hooper, Robert [Editor]: The Anatomist's Vade-Mecum: Containing The Anatomy, Physiology, Morbid Appearances, &c. Of The Human Body ; The Art of making Anatomical Preparations, &c. To which are added Anatomical, Physiological, Medical, And Surgical Examinations For Students (London, 1811)

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sustains the head : from the fable of Atlas being supposed
to have supported the world ; or from arhaoj to sustain)
because it sustains the head.
Azygos. A term applied to parts without a fellow ; from the.
privative particle a, and f^vyot a yoke; because it has no
fellow.

B » '

BraCHiUM. The arm: hence as brachii, brachialis externus,
&c.; from &ga>xvt short ; because, in a well-proportioned
man, it is shorter from the shoulder to the hands than
from the hip to the feet.
Br^NCHIAi The ramification of the trachea or leind-pipe ;
from 8ffx* to pour, because the ancients believed that tho
fluids were conveyed into the stomach by the bronchia.
Bursa. A bag; from Bv^g.\ generally applied to the bursas
mucosa1.

JjURStvlogy. The doctrine of the burscc mucosa; from Buffet
a bag, and hoyos a treatise.

C

Cat-vARia. The top of the cranium; from culvus bald.
Cancelm. Lattice-work} generally applied to'the reticular

substance in bones.
Cardja. The superior opening of the stomach; from xa^ia the

heart ; because it is situated near it.
Carotid. The name of some arteries of the neck and head;

from »»gfl» to cause to sleep ; for, if tied with a ligature,

the animal becomes comatose, or has the appearance of

being asleep.
Carpus, Kagm?; the wrist.

Chorion. The external membrane of the foetus in utero.
Xaigiw, from xwf£» to escape; because it always escapci
from the uterus with the foetus.

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