Category: C

A nerve that releases acetylcholine at a synapse when it transmits an impulse.  

A sensory branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) carrying signals from the baroceptors (blood pressure receptors) in the bifurcation of the carotid artery to the nucleus of the solitary tract (nucleus solitarius).  

A progressive form of nephritis in which the entire structure of the kidney or only the glomerular or tubular processes may be affected.  

Failure of a corporation to meet its legal obligations to its clients. With regard to health care facilities, responsibilities included under the doctrine of corporate negligence are monitoring and supervision of the competence of medical and nursing personnel within the facility; investigating physicians’ credentials before granting staff privileges; and negligent hiring of health care professionals…

In forensic medicine, the concept that the plantiff’s negligence in combination with the defendant’s negligence is the cause of the plaintiff’s injuries or damages.  

A needle used in removing a cataract.  

Necrosis caused by liquefaction of tissue due to autolysis or bacterial putrefaction.  

Necrosis occurring especially in infarcts. Coagulation occurs in the necrotic area, converting it into a homogeneous mass and depriving the organ or tissue of blood. A form of necrosis distinguished by cell death where the cell outlines are retained. This is commonly observed in cases of tissue infarction, which results from the deprivation of blood…

Necrosis that affects only the center of a body part.  

Necrosis with soft, dry, cheese like formation, seen in diseases such as tuberculosis or syphilis.