Scutum

An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied Sciences · 1907 · p. 44

(sku'-tum). I. An exoskeletal scale or plate. 2. The thyroid cartilage. S.cord is, the sternum. S. genu, the patella. S. pectoris, the thorax. S. thoracis, the sternum. S. tympani cum, the semilunar plate of bone separating the attic of the tympanum from the outer mastoid cells.