The anatomist's vade-mecum : containing a concise and accurate description of the structure, situation, and use of every part of the human body. To which is added, an explanation of anatomical terms. For the use of students, &c. / by Robert Hooper.

  • Hooper, Robert, 1773-1835.
Date:
1797
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Credit: The anatomist's vade-mecum : containing a concise and accurate description of the structure, situation, and use of every part of the human body. To which is added, an explanation of anatomical terms. For the use of students, &c. / by Robert Hooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a fieve, and sih; refemblance ; It being per- forated like a fieve. F. Fascia. u47i expanfion of a viujcle, endofing others like a hand', from (pacncia a band. Falciform. Shaped like a fcythe-, from falx a fcythe. Fasciculus. A little bundle. Fossa. Afmall cavity of^ hone. G. Ganglion. Va.yyKid'j, a knot in the courfe of a nerve. Gastrocnemius. The mufcle which forms the thick of the leg) from yo-rr^^ the belly, and the leg. Gen 10. Names compounded with this word belong to mufcles which are attached to the chin, as Ge- nio-gloffus —Genio-hyoideus— Genio-pharyngeus, &c 3 from ycveiov the chin. IGenu. The knee-, from yovv, vrccox ro sigyry vsueiv, becaufe by it the body is bent towards the earth. Ginglymus, An articulation-, from yiyyXvij.og a hinge. ‘jlenoid cavity-, from yXryi] a cavity, and edjog refemblance. l^Losso. Names compounded with this word belong to niufcles, from their being attached to the tongue j as Glolfo-pharyngeus—Gloflb flaphylinus, &c. from yXoa-trcc the tongue. L 3 Glottis. 1