COMPLEXUS

(Lat.), adj. and n. m. Koam-pleax'u (u4s). 1. (Adj.) complex. 2. (N. [r.,dors i-tracheli-occipital, trachelo occipital (Chau ier), dor so - trachelon - occipital, grand complexe; Ger., durchflochtener Nackenmuskel, gro er durchflochtener Muskel,' It., musculo grande comple o; Sp., musculo complexo; syn.: semi spinal is capitis, secund us movens capul (Falloppius)]) a muscle which arises from the upper 6 or 7 dorsal and the last cervical vertebrae, and the articular proce es and capsular ligaments of the 4th, 5th, and 6th cervical vertebrae, and is inserted between the superior and inferior curved lines of the occipital bone. The inner portion of the muscle is termed the biventer cervicis. [L, 142.] 3. <N.) the outer portion of the c. (2d def.). [L, 332.] 4. (N.) in ornithology, a certain cervical muscle. [L, 343.] 5. (N.) in botany, vegetable ti ue. [B, 19 (a, 24).] 6. (N. [Fr., cortege symptomatiqite, syndrome; Ger., Symptomencomplex]), a particular collection of symptoms present in a given case of disease. C. cellulosus. In botany, cellular ti ue. [B, 121 (a, 24); L, 180.] C. major. See C. (2d def.) and DORSO-OCCIPITAL IS. C. mem bran ace us. A thin vegetable membrane, formerly regarded as the foundation of all other vegetable ti ues. [B, 19.] C. minor. Fr., petite. Sp., musculo complexo men or. Syn.: mastoidceus lateral is. The trachelo-mastoid muscle. [L.] C. of symptoms. See C. (6th def.). C. parvus. See C. minor. C. tabular is. Vegetable ti ue in a tubular form; woody ti ue. [B, 19.] C. utrlcularis. Vegetable ti ue that is angular. [B, 19.] C. yesicularis. Vegetable ti ue composed of spiral ve els or, according to some, of ve els of any sort with markings on the walls. [B, 19.] Cf. PROSENCHYMA. Grand c. (Fr.). See C. (2d def.) Great c. See DORSO-OCCIPITAL IS. Petit c. (Fr.). See C. minor. COM PLICAL IS [E. Coues] (Lat.), n. m. Koam-plia-ka(ka3)'- lias. See COMPLEXUS (2d def.). [s. 365]