VENTER

(Lat.), n. m. Veant(weant)'u6r(ear). Gen., vent'ris. Gr., ycurrrip. xoiAta. Fr., venire. Ger., Bauch. 1. See ABDOMEN. 2. See RUMEN. 3. See UTERUS; in law, the maternal parentage of a child. 4. See FCETUS. 5. See ENTRAILS. 6. Any belly-like swelling or protuberance, or any broad expanse of surface. 7. The inner face of a carpellary leaf. 8. The thick basal part of an archegone, containing the oosphere. [a. 35.] V. bifl us digastric us biceps. A fleshy division of the branch of the flexor sublimis digitorum which goes to the index finger that becomes tendinous, then unites in another fleshy portion in the palm of the hand, again becoming tendinous, and eventually being inserted in the normal manner into the margins of the second phalanx, f" N. Y. Med. Jour.," June 2, 1888, p. 612 (a. 34).] V. ilii. See V. of the ilium. V. iiims. See HYPOGASTRIUM (1st def.). V. infer us, V. infimus. See ABDOMEN. V. inagnus. See RUMEN. V. inedius. An old name for the thoracic cavity. [L, 41(a, 14).] V. inusculi. See BELLY (2d def.). V. of the ilium. The broad expanded portion of the innominate bone. [L.] V. parvus. See HYPOGASTRIUM (lt def.). V. propend ens, V. propend ulus. See Pendulous ABDOMEN. V. ren is. See PELVIS of the kidney. V. scapulae. The broad expanded portion of the scapula. [L.] V. supremus. The cranial cavity. [A, 313.] [s. 702]