Category: C

Personality changes, confusion, and coma due to an increase in carbon dioxide content of the blood. This may occur during oxygen therapy of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or in patients receiving inadequate levels of artificial respiration.  

A tumor with parts fluid enough to resemble cysts.  

Myxedema occurring before puberty.  

Myopia due to the curvature of the eye’s refracting surfaces.  

Color blindness only when viewing distant objects.  

Myopathy in which the muscle fibers resemble those seen in fetal development. The nuclei of the cells are surrounded by a clear zone.  

Myelitis caused by pressure on the spinal cord, as by a hemorrhage or tumor.  

A change in DNA or RNA that results in the replacement of an amino acid with one that has a similar structure, such as glycine replaced by alanine.  

Contraction of a muscle in which the extended muscle is shortened. An example would be pulling the body up by grasping a bar over the head.  

A muscle that constricts the pharynx; it is important for swallowing.