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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    [ >51 ] •under the cartilages of the fpurlous ribs; from vtto under, and a cartilage. Hypogastric. The lo^cuer region of the fore-part of the abdomen •, from Cifo under, and yafyjp the flo- mach. I. Ileum, ^ portion of the Jmall intefines) from eiKsuj to turn; it being always convoluted. Ilium. Part of the o^ 'innom'matum, fo called becaufe it fupports the siXsisc or fmall Inteftines. Ischium. The part of the os innominatum upon which we ft', from Kry^voo to fuftaln. L. Lamdoidal future-, fo called becaufe it is Ihaped like the letter A j from A and bi^o^ refemblance. Larynx. The fuperior part of the wind-pipe •, Xcc^vy^ the larynx. M. Masseter. a mufcle of the face, which ajfifs in the afiion of chewing j from jMX.'rcrsioiuca to chew. Mastoid. A procefs fo called 5 from ij.oi.ros a bread:, and si5o; likenefs, being diaped like a nipple or breaft. Maxillary. The upper and under jaws are called maxillary bones j from p.a.a'<rau) to chew. Mediastinum. The production of the pleura, which divides the thorax into two cavities 3 from medium the middle. L 4 Mesen-