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SCA-LENUS. [Gr. +skalnos+, _skalnos_, unequal.] A term applied to some muscles of the neck.
SCAPHOID. [Gr. +skaph+, _skaph_, a little boat.] The name applied to one of the wrist-bones.
SCAPU-LA. [L.] The shoulder-blade.
SCAPU-LAR. Relating to the scapula.
SCARF-SKIN. The outer, thin integument of the body; the cuticle.
SCI-ATIC. [Gr., pertaining to the loins.] The name of the large nerve of the loins and leg.
SCLE-ROTIC. [Gr. +sklros+, _sklros_, hard.] A membrane of the eye.
SE-BACEOUS. [L., _seb.u.m_, tallow.] Pertaining to fat; unctuous matter.
SE-CRETION. The act of secerning; the act of producing from the blood substances different front the blood itself, as bile, saliva. The matter secreted, as mucus, bile, &c.
SE-CRETO-RY. Performing the office of secretion.
SE-CUNDUS. Second. A term applied to certain muscles.
SEM-I-CIRCU-LAR. Having the form of a half circle. The name of a part of the ear.
SEM-I-TEN-DI-NOSUS. [L. _semi_, half and _tendo_, a tendon.] The name of a muscle.
SEPTUM. [L.] A membrane that divides two cavities from each other.
SEROUS. Thin; watery. Pertaining to serum.
SERUM. [L.] The thin, transparent part of blood.
SER-RATUS. [L. _serro_, to saw.] A term applied to some muscles of the trunk.
SIGMOID. [Gr.] Resembling the Greek +s+, sigma.
SI-LICI-UM. A term applied to one of the earths.
SINUS. [L., a bay.] A cavity, the interior of which is more expanded than the entrance.
SKELE-TON. [Gr. +skell+, _skell_, to dry.] The aggregate of the hard parts of the body; the bones.
SODI-UM. The metallic base of soda
SPHINCTER. [Gr. +sphing+, _sphingo_, to restrict.] A muscle that contracts or shuts an orifice.
SPINAL CORD. A prolongation of the brain.
SPI-NALIS. Relating to the spine.
SPINE. A thorn. The vertebral column; back-bone.
SPINOUS. Belonging to the spinal column.
SPLEEN. The milt. It is situated in the abdomen, and attached to the stomach.
SPLENIC. Relating to the spleen.
SPLENI-US. The name of a muscle of the neck.
STAPES. The name of one of the small bones of the ear.
STERNUM. The breast-bone. The bone that forms the front of the chest from the neck to the stomach.
STOMACH. The princ.i.p.al organ of the digestive apparatus.
STRATUM. [L. _sterno_, to stew.] A bed; a layer.
STYLOID. [L. _stylus_, a pencil.] An epithet applied to processes that resemble a style, a pen.
SUB-CLAVI-AN. [L. _sub_, under, and _clavis_, a key.] Situated under the clavicle.
SUB-LIMIS. High in place.
SUB-LINGUAL. [L. _sub_, under, and _lingua_, the tongue.] Situated under the tongue.
SUB-MAXIL-LA-RY. [L. _sub_, under, and _maxilla_, the jaw-bone.]
Located under the jaw.
SULPHUR. A simple, mineral substance, of a yellow color, brittle, insoluble in water, but fusible by heat.
SU-PE-RI-ORIS. A term applied to certain muscles.
SU-PI-NATOR. [L.] A muscle that turns the palm of the hand upward.
SUTURE. [L. _suo_, to sew.] The seam or joint that unites the bones of the skull.
SYN-OVI-A. [Gr. +syn+, _sn_, with, and +on+, _on_, an egg.] The fluid secreted into the cavities of joints for the purpose of lubricating them.
SYN-OVI-AL. Pertaining to synovia.
SYSTEM. An a.s.semblage of organs composed of the same tissues, and intended for the same functions.
SYS-TEMIC. Belonging to the general system.
SYSTO-LE. [Gr. +systell+, _sstell_, to contract.] The contraction of the heart and arteries for expelling the blood and carrying on the circulation.
TARSAL. Relating to the tarsus.
