epicolumella (epikolumela)

[NL., It appears to be unrepresented in the reptilian columella, and I have therefore called it the epicolumella . Cope , Memoirs of Nat. Acad. Sci. (1885), III. 94. epicolumellar (ep-i-kol-ū-mel'är), a. [ columella + -ar2 .] Pertaining to the epicolumella: as, an epicolumellar o ification. epicondylar (ep-i-kon'di-lär), a. [ epicondyle +-ar2.] Of or pertaining to the epicondyle; supra condylar. epicondyle (ep-ikon'dil), n. [ epicondylus , Gr. ἐπί, upon, + κόνδυλος, a knuckle: see condyle.] In an at., a name given by Chau ier to the external condyle or outer protuberance on the lower extremity of the humerus or arm-bone, which aids in forming the elbow joint. The epicondyle originally distinguished from the epitrochlea on the inner (ulnar) side of the bone; Anterior View, Distal End, of Right Humerus of a Man. H, humerus; epc, epicondyle, or external supra condyloid protuberance; ept , epitrochlea, or Pro tuber i internal supra condyloid protuberance; cp, capitellum, or convex articular surface for head of radius; fr, trochlea, or transversely concave articular surface for the ulna; epc and cpare together the ectocondyle, and ept and ir are together the entocondyle. was the internal or ulnar supra condylar eminence of the humerus. Also called epitrochlea. epicondylus (ep-i-kon di-lus), n.; pl. epicondyli (-11). [NL.] Same as epicondyle . epicoracohumeral (ep-i-kora-kō-hu'me-ral), a. [NL. epicoracohumeralis , epicoraco ( id ) +, humerus .] Pertaining to the epicoracoid bone and to the humerus: applied to muscles having such attachments, as in sundry reptiles. epicoracohumeralis (ep-i-kora-kō-hü-me-ra'lis), n.; pl. epicoracohumerales "(-lēz). [NL.] An epicoracohumeral muscle, as of sundry reptiles.