Bifurcation

(bi -fer - kafs/ncn) \bifurcatio; from bi, two; furca, a fork]. Division into two branches, as of the trachea or of the aorta. Bigelow’s Ligament. The Y-ligament of the hip-joint; iliofemoral ligament. B.’s Septum, in anatomy, a layer of hard bony ti ue in the neck of the thigh-bone. 146