Lexicon medicum, or, Medical dictionary : containing an explanation of the terms in anatomy, physiology, practice of physic, materia medica, chemistry, pharmacy, surgery, midwifery, and the various branches of natural philosophy connected with medicine : selected, arranged, and compiled, from the best authors / by Robert Hooper.

  • Hooper, Robert, 1773-1835.
Date:
1824
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Credit: Lexicon medicum, or, Medical dictionary : containing an explanation of the terms in anatomy, physiology, practice of physic, materia medica, chemistry, pharmacy, surgery, midwifery, and the various branches of natural philosophy connected with medicine : selected, arranged, and compiled, from the best authors / by Robert Hooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ABD ABD ~„a fore-finger. Sometimes it arises by a double thevertebrsoftheloin^^^ [enioJ lts use is to draw the /ore-finger «.uoccvRis. Internally it is >nvcste^ D/ , f m the rest, towards the thumb, and to £.iShymembr.ue, calledperitoneum,and trom ^ t(Wards the palm. Sernally by muscles and common inte be BDU,CT0R rNDICI PEDIS ^nThe'cavity of the abdomen are con- tained, , , .* 1. Anteriorly and laterally. 1 The epiploon. 2. The stomach. 3. I he tprv 5 The lacteal vessels. 6. 1 he pan crea's- 7. The spleen. 8. The liver and gall-bladder ABDUCTOR I'lNUltls rt-ms. An in- ternal interosseous muscle of the fore-toe, which arises tendinous and fleshy, by two origins, from the mot of the inside of the metatarsal bone of the fore-toe, from the outside of the root of the metatarsal bone of tbe great toe,and from the oscunuiforme internum, and is inserted tendinous into the inside of the root of the first joint of 2 Posteriorly,wilhoutlhepentoneum,are, 1 The kidneys. 2. The supra-renal glands. 3 The ureters. 4. The receptaculum chyli. t The descending aorta. 6. Ihe ascend- m3VInferiorlyin ihe pelvis, and without the peritoneum. ,, ,, „ -r. In men, 1. The urinary bladder. 2. The spermatic vessels. 3. The intestinuiu rec- tum. the fore-toe. Its use is to pull the fore-toe inwards, from the rest of the small toes. Abductor longus pollicis manus. See Ex- tensor ossis metacarpi polticis mant/s. ABDU'CIORMLDII DI'tilH PEDIS. An interosseous muscle of the foot, which arises tendinous and fleshy, from the inside of the root of the metatarsal bone of the middle toe internally, and is inserted tendi- nous into the inside of the root of the first I Its use is to — in women, besides the urinary b.adder £j£^£^£ ^/TheSt't^hefom. Omenta of ' ABDUCTOR Ml MMIDIGIT. MA the uterus. 3. The two ovaria. 4. 'Ihe two Fallopian tubes. G. The vagina. The forepart of this cavity, as has been mentioned, is covered with muscles and common integuments, in the middle of which is the navel. It is this part of the body which is properly culled abdomen ; it is distinguished, by anatomists, into regions. The posterior part of the abdomen, is called the loins, and the sides the EpicoKc See Hernia abdomi- regions. Abdominal Hernia, nalis. Abdominal muscles. See Muscles. Abdominal ring. See Annulus Abdominis. Abdominal regions. See Body. Abdu'cens See Abductor. Abdc'cens Labio'rum. See Levator an- guli oris. Abducent nerves. See JVerri abducentcs. Abducent muscles. See Abductor. ABDU'CTOR. (From abduru, to draw- away.) Abducens. A muscle, the office of which is to pull back or draw the member to which it is affixed from some other. The antagonist is called adductor. Abductor auricularis. See Posterior auris. Abductor auris. See Posterior auris. Abductor breris alter. See Abductor pol- licis mantis. ABDU'CTOR INDICIS MA'NUS. Ab- ductor of Douglas, fiemi-inhrosscus indicts of Winslow. Abductor indicts of Cowper. An internal interosseous muscle of the fore-finger, situated on the hand. It arises from the superior part of the metacarpal bone, and the os trapezium, on its inside, by a fleshy beginning, runs towards the metacarpal bone of the fore-linger, adheres to it, and is connected by abroad tendon to tbe superior part of the first phalanx of the IS'US. Carpo-phalangiendu petit doigt ol Dumas. Extensor tertiiinlernodii minimi digiti of Douglas. Hypolhenar minor of Winslow. A muscle of the little finger, situated on tbe hand. It arises fleshy from the pisiform bone, and from that part of xbe Ugamentum carpi annulare next it, and is inserted, ten- dinous, into the inner side of the upper end of the first bone of the little finger. Its use is to draw the little finger from the rest. ABDU CTOR Ml MMI DIGITI PE- DIS. Calcaneo-phalangien du petit rfoigf of Dumas. Adductor of Douglas. Paraiht- nar major of Winslow, by whom thismui cle is divided into two, Paralhennr major and melatarseus. Adductor minimi of Cowper. A muscle of the little toe, which arise! tendinous and fleshy, from the semicircular edge of a cavity on the inferior part of tbe protuberance of the os calcis, and from the rest of tbe metatarsal bone of the little toe, and is inserted into the root of the first joint of the little toe externally. Its use is to bend the little toe, and its metatarsal bone downwards, and to draw the little toe from the rest. Abdu'ctor o'ccli. See Rectus extent oculi. ABDU'CTOR POLLICIS MANUS. Sea pkosus-phalangien du pouce of Dumas. Al duclor pollicis manus. and Adductor brerit alter 01 Albinus. Adductor thenar Uiolmi of Douglas, (the adductor breris alter of A Linus is the inner portion of this muscle.) Adductor poll'tcis of Cowper. A muscle of tbe thumb, situated on the band. It arises by a broad tendinous and fleshy beginning, from the Ugamentum carpi annulare, and from the o? trapezium, ww