Category: C

Plexus cardiacus; the nerve plexus at the base of the heart made up of branches of the vagus nerves and sympathetic trunks. Afferent nerves from this plexus provide the nerve supply to the heart.  

The compact layers of bone forming the surfaces of the alveolar processes of the mandible and maxilla.  

A description of the goals and outcomes, prognosis, and proposed interventions for a particular patient, including criteria for discharge and the optimal duration and frequency of therapeutic interventions.  

A placenta having a marginal indentation, giving it a heart shape.  

A placenta with appearance of varicose veins.  

A placenta in which the allantoic mesoderm and vessels fuse with the inner face of the serosa to form the chorion.  

The study and comparison of the physiology of different species.  

A portable telephone, used, for example, in ambulance-to-hospital communications and in 12-lead electrocardiogram transmission in some emergency medical systems.  

Septic inflammation of the connective tissue of the leg following childbirth.  

Inflammatory damage to the lining of blood vessels, caused by infusions of highly acidic, highly basic, hypertonic, or sclerosing fluids.