THE ABDOMINAL VISCERA

SHOWING THE APPENDIX CAC! SAPPEY [A, 440].) 1, anterior surface of the liver; 2, gall-bladder; 3, %, sectlon of the diaphragm; 4, pester i or surface of the stomach; 5, lobue Spigelif of the liver: 6, cœlise 7, cor on artery of the stomach; 8, spienic artery; 9, spleen; 10, pancreas 11, su mes enter i th 12, duodenum; 18, upper extremity of the small intestine; 14, lower end ot the Meum; 15,15, tery; 16, cæcum: 17, sp] ix 3,18 1g colon; 19, 19, transverse colon; 20, descending colon; 21, sigmoid flexure of the colon; 22, rectum; 23, urinary bladder. (AFTER to 5 inches long and } in. thick in the human subject, springing from the inner and posterior part of the cæcum at its lower portion, below and a little behind the opening of the ileum. Its opening of communication with the caecum is sometimes guarded by a valve-like fold of mucous membrane. It is sometimes free for its whole length, and sometimes provided with a short fold of mesentery in a portion of its extent, Its coats are very thick, the muscular coat consisting of longitudinal fibres only, and the mucous membrane being provided with tubules and numerous closed follicles, It generally contains a quantity of clear, thick mucus, and foreign substances sometimes find their way into it, giving rise to inflammation and sometimes to ulcerative perforation followed b; rit on it is. Its function is unknown. [A, 440; C.]-A. cerebri. € pituitary body. [I, 3.]—Appendices col i adipose. See Appendices epiploice.—A. copula to rin. A prolongation of the epidermis of the Tricocephalus dispar, through which the penis pa es, and which enters the vagina of the female during copulation and retains the two together. [L, 16.]—A. cutanea sept i narinm. Ger., Haut an hang der Nas ens che i dew and. Syn.: static a septinarium. The cutaneous e of the septum narium. [A, 322.] —A, ensiform is. See Xiphoid CARTILAGE—A. epididymid See Vas aberrans.—Appendices epiploicæ. Fr., appendices € ploiques. Ger., Fettenhdnge des Dickdarms. It., appendici epiploic he. Certain small fringe-like projections of the serous coat of the colon and the upper part of the rectum containing fat and resembling the omentum. [A, 301; C; L, 142.] — Appendices fallopiæ. See Appendices epiploice.—A. funicular is. Fr., append ice funiculaire. "'Ger., Anhängsel vom Nabelstrang herrührend. That portion of an ovule of a plant to which the funiculus attached. It is spongy or indurated and differs in color from the rest of the embryo. Also. called epiphysis, sirophiolum, carunculd, ° spongiola seminis, ete. [B.198.]— A. funicular is adnata. The a. funicular is when it is at i ached! to, ae real genie embryo by its entire length. (B, 198.J—A. fanicnlaris liber a. The a. funicular is when it is attached by one extremity only to the rest of the embryo. [B. 198,] — A. glandulæ pituitariæ. The anterior lobe of the pituitary body. [I, 3.]—A. glandnlæ thyreoideæ. See Pyramip of the thyreoid gland.— A. inferior ligament i eruciati epistrophel. _ See Crus inferius ligament i cruciati epistrophe i.—A. lobular is |Chau ier], A. lobular is anterior. See FLoccu- LUS. — Appendices musen- Jos diaphragm at is. The pillars of the Cee [L 41.]—A. of the epididymis. See Vas aberrans.—Appendices nlæ, Appendices ping ned i no sie. See Appendices epiploicæ.—Appendices pyloricæ. See APPENDICULÆ pyloricæ.— seininis. See A. funicular is—A. superior anterior ligament i eruciati epistrophe i. See Crus super i us ligament i cruciati epistrophe i—A. superior ligament i trans vers i. A small band of the lig amentum latum epistrophe i which is attached to the upper part of the lig amentum trans ver sum., 31.J—A. superior posterior ligament i trans vers i. See A, superior ligament i trans vers i—A. snprasphe jalis [Chau ier]. The ituitary body. |I, 3.]—A. terminal is [Ca ini]. Fr., append ice ‘erminal. Ger., Anhängsel der Spitze. An appendix at the apex of the anther, especially one consisting of the connectile produced beyond the apex of the anther. [B, 198.]—A. ventrienli. 1, The pituitay body. [L 3.] 2 The duodenum. [L.J—A. vermicuaris, A. vermiform is. See A. ceeci.—A. vesicæ. A hernia-like protrusion of the mucous membrane of the bladder between the fibres of its muscular coat, constituting sacculation (9. v.). [L, 142.] —Auricular a. See Auricular APPENDAGE.—Ensiform a. The xiphoid cartilage.—Vermiform a. See À. cæci.—Xiphoid a. The xiphoid cartilage. APPENSIO (Lat.), n. £.?n’si?-o. Gen., appensio’nis, See AN A LEPS IS (2d def.). APPENSUS (Lat.), adj. A?p(a%p)-pe2ns’u3s(u‘s), From appendere, to hang up. 1. See APPENDENS. 2 Hung upon the person like amulets (appensa). [L, 119.]