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In pharmacy, that ingredient which either is the most important medicinally or determines the consistencfe-and other general characters of the product. b. cerebri. The inferior surface of the brain, b. cord is. The base of the heart; the broad upper part of the organ, b. coronae radiatae. The upper portion of the crus cerebri at the point where the_ radiation of fibers termed the corona radiata begins, b. corp or is striati. A term applied by Berenger to the anterior extremity of the corpus striatum. b. craxiii. The lower portion of the skull. b. cranii extern a. The exterior of the base of the skull, b. cranii intern a. The inner surface of the base of the skull, comprising the anterior, middle, and posterior fo ae, b. linguae. The base of the tongue; the broad lower portion which is attached to the hyoid bone and the thyroid cartilage, b. mandibulae, b. maxillae inferior is. The body, or horizontal portion, of the inferior maxilla, b. nas i. The base of the nose. b. orbitae. The anterior aperture of the orbit, b. patellae. The upper edge of the patella, b. ped is. The sole of the foot. b. pedunculi cerebri, b. pedunciiloram. See crura cerebri, under crura. b. prostatae, b. prostatic a. The base of the prostate gland; that portion which rests upon the rectum, b. sacri. The thick upper portion of the sacrum, b. scapulae. The inner (vertebral) border of the scapula, b. vesicae urinariae. The base or floor, of the bladder. [Gr., basis, foundation, base.]