GAS´TRIC, _a._ Pertaining to the stomach or belly. The _gastric_ juice
of birds is the secretion of the _proventriculus_, or follicular
stomach, not of the gizzard or grinding muscular stomach.
GASTROCNE´MIUS, _n._ A muscle of the back of the leg.
GEMEL´LI, _n. pl._ The twins; certain muscles of the pelvis.
GE´NA, _n._ Cheek; feathered side of under mandible. (43.) See MALAR
REGION.
GEN´ERATIVE OR´GANS, _n._ Organs of reproduction in either sex.
GENER´IC, _n._ Pertaining to a genus; as, _generic_ character, _generic_
description.
GEN´ESIS, _n._ Act, mode, or conditions of reproduction. In science,
_genesis_ notes rather the laws and results of origination of
individuals or species. The “genesis of species” is a term equivalent to
the evolution of species from antecedent forms, with some; with others,
their origination by creative fiat.
GENET´IC, _a._ Pertaining to genesis. _Genetic_ descent, or _genetic_
succession in species, is maintained by those who hold the theory of
evolution.
GE´NU, _n._ Knee; joint of femur with tibia.
GE´NUS, _n._; pl. _gen´era_. An assemblage of species, or a single
species, constituting a taxonomic group of value next below that of the
family.
GEN´YS, _n._ See GONYS.
GER´MINAL VES´ICLE, _n._ Cell in the vitellus having a dark spot.
GIBBOSE´, GIB´BOUS, _a._ Swollen; protuberant; humped; hunched.
GIBBOS´ITY, _n._ A swelling or protuberance.
GIGE´RIUM, _n._ Gizzard.
GIN´GLYMUS, _n._ Hinge-joint. The knee and elbow are _ginglymoid_, or
hinged joints.
GLAB´ROUS, _a._ Smooth.
GLAND, _n._ A soft fleshy organ, in which fluids of the body are
modified to form new products, to be used in, or eliminated from, the
economy. But some organs without ducts, and the function of which is
unknown, are called _glands_, as the thymus, thyroid, and pineal. The
liver is the largest _gland_ of the body. The proventriculus is a
_glandular_ organ.
GLAN´DULAR, _a._ Pertaining to glands; having glands; consisting of
glands.
GLANS, _n._ Head of the penis.
GLOS´SA or GLOT´TA, _n._ Tongue.
GLOS´SO-HY´AL, _n._ Principal bone of the tongue.
GLOS´SO-PHARYN´GEAL, _a._ Pertaining to the tongue and jaws. A certain
nerve is so called.
GLU´TÆAL, _a._ Pertaining to the buttocks; certain muscles are so
called.
GLU´TÆUS, _n._ A muscle of the side of the rump.
GNATHID´IUM, _n._; pl. _gnathidia_. Branch of the lower jaw as far as it
is naked. (Oftener used in the plural.) (24.)