ORIGIN

n. Osr'i;lj-isn. Gr.. opxij. Lat., origo (from oriri, to rise). Fr., origine. Ger.. Ursprwig. That from which anything arises or takes its beginning; a source; a starting-point. [C; a, 17.] Apparent o. of a nerve. See Superficial o. of a nerve. Deep o. of a nerve. That part of the nervous centre where the fibres of a nerve spring from the nerve-cells. [C.] O. of a muscle. The relatively fixed point of attachment of a muscle; the end opposite the insertion. [C.] O. of a nerve. That part at which it is attached to the centre of its system. [C.] Real o. of a nerve. See Deep o. of a nerve. Superficial o. of a nerve. That part of the central nervous structure at which the nerve cord first comes in contact with it. [C.] [s. 172]