ju'gum, pi., juga

A connecting structure like a yoke, juga alveolar i a (mandibulae). The alveolar eminences. juga cerebral i a. The elevations on the inner surface of the skull which separate the impre i ones digitatae. juga cervicis uteri. See arbor vitae uterina. j. petrosum. See arcuate eminence, under eminence. [Lat., from jungere, to join.](jus). The liquid that exudes or may juice be expre ed from any portion of an organism, alimentary j's. See digestive j's. artificial gastric j. A digestive fluid prepared by adding pepsin or an extract of the gastric mucous membrane to water containing 0.3 per cent, of hydrochloric acid, cancer j. The milky fluid exuding from cancerous ti ue, digestive j's. Fluids secreted by specialized glands and poured into the digestive apparatus of animals or on to the surfaces of the leaves of insectivorous plants. These j's contain digestive ferments. See saliva, bile, gastric j., intestinal j., and pancreatic j. enteric j. See intestinal j. gastric j. Syn.: ferment of stomach. A fluid poured into the stomach by the gastric glands during the proce of digestion. It consists of water and salts, pepsin, rennin, and a little free hydrochloric acid. Its principal action is the di olution of proteids which it changes into the diffusible peptones and proteoses.