cephalate (sefalat)

and n. [ II. n. A mollusk having a head; specifically, one of the Cephalata . cephaletron (sef-a-lē'tron), n.; pl. cephaletra (-tra). [NL., Gr. κεφαλή, head, + ἦτρον, the abdomen.] Owen's name (1872) of the head, cephalon, or anterior division of the body of some crustaceans, as the king-crab: correlated with tho race tron and pleon. cephalhematoma, n.; pl. cephalhematomata. Same as cephalæmatoma . cephalic (se-fal'ik or sef'a-lik), a . and n. [= F. céphalique = Sp. cefálico = Pg. cephalico IMG:content-0039.jpg:[blocks in formation] segment, B ; a , a , antennæ. = It. cefalico, L. cephalic us, Cep halo branchia with or constituting the front or fore part of a body or organ: opposed to caudal: as, the ce phalic surface of the liver or diaphragm; the cephalic end of a vertebra; the cephalic segment of a centiped. Now that the extended study of comparative anatomy and embryonic development is largely applied to the elucidation of the human structure, it is very desirable that descriptive terms should be sought which may without ambiguity indicate position and relation in the organism at once in man and [other] animals. Such terms as cephalic and caudal, dorsal and ventral, are of this cla , sufficient clearne of description, to take the place of those which are only applicable to the peculiar attitude of the human body. Quain, Anat., I. 6. to the ought, whenever this may be done consistently with Cephalic aura peculiar sensations, referred head teron, the cephalic portion of the enteron; so much of the alimentary canal as is in the head. Cephalic flex ure. (a) In Arthropod a, the upward inclination of the longitudinal axis of the cephalic sternites in respect to the same the thoracic sternites. (b) In human an at., the bending of the head of the embryo forward or downward upon the trunk. Cephalic ganglia. See glion. Cephalic index, in craniom., the ratio of the greatest transverse to the greatest anteroposterior diameter of the skull multiplied by 100. It varies from 62 to 98 IMG:content-0040.jpg:[blocks in formation] Cephalic medicines, remedies for disorders of the head. - Cephalic shield, in trilobites, the large buckler which surrounds and protects the head and extends over more or le of the body. See Trilobita, and cut under Limulus. Cephalic souffle, a blowing murmur which may be heard on auscultation of the head in some anemic states, as well as in some cases of aneurism of an artery of the head. - Cephalic vein, a large superficial vein on the front of. the arm, running from the elbow to the shoulder: so named because the ancients used to open it as a remedy for disorders of the head. - Cephalic version, in obstet., the operation of turning the fetus in the uterus in such a manner that the head is made to present at the os uteri: distinguished from podalic version. II. n. A remedy for headache or other disorders in the head. cephalic alt (se-fal'i-kal), a . Same as cephalic . When I had pa ed the superficial parts, and digged a little more than skin-deepe into the Miner all of Cephalic all Motion, I came to the Muscles, the instruments of voluntary motion. Quoted in F. Warner's Physical Expre ion, p. 324. Cephalinæ (sef-a-li'nē), n. pl. [NL.,