Category: C

The irregular quadrangular portion of liver behind the fissure for the portal vein and between the fissures for the vena cava and ductus venosus.  

Simple cysts, usually small and single; hydatid cysts; or cysts associated with cystic disease of the liver, a rare condition usually associated with congenital cystic kidneys.  

A familial disease characterized by deposition of glucocerebroside in cells of the reticuloendothelial system.    

A vertical cleft or clefts in the upper lip. This congenital condition, resulting from the faulty fusion of the median nasal process and the lateral maxillary processes, is usually unilateral and on the left side, but may be bilateral. It may involve either the lip or the upper jaw, or both, and often accompanies cleft…

A layer of material applied to a cavity preparation to protect the pulp of the tooth. It is usually a suspension of zinc phosphate or calcium hydroxide and is used to neutralize the acidity of the base or cement material.  

A line of junction of cementum and enamel of a tooth.  

The refractile boundary of an osteon in compact bone.  

An imaginary line extending from the canthus of the eye to the center of the external auditory meatus.  

In the eye, a transitional dome 1 or 2 mm wide where the cornea joins the sclera and conjunctiva.  

Any form of light that is not perceptibly warm. The heat of ordinary light rays is dissipated when they are passed through some medium such as quartz.