Category: C

An immobile military unit for the care of the sick and wounded.  

A cutaneous horn originating in scar tissue.  

Any hormone that opposes the effects of insulin. Examples include glucagon, epinephrine, norepinephrine, cortisol, and growth hormone.  

A hormone that is released from the hypothalamus and acts on the anterior pituitary to increase secretion of adrenal corticotropin hormone. In response to stress CRH causes hyperglycemia, increased oxygen consumption, increased cardiac output, and decreased sexual activity; suppresses release of growth hormone; diminishes gastrointestinal function; stimulates respiration; and causes behavioral changes.  

Progesterone. It stimulates development of secretory uterine endometrium and facilitates implantation of the fertilized ovum by reducing uterine motility.  

Downward displacement of the brain (usually as a result of cerebral edema, hematoma, or tumor) into the brainstem. The resulting injury to brainstem functions rapidly leads to coma, nerve palsies, and death if treatment is ineffective.  

A hernia that protrudes behind the femoral sheath.  

A hernia existing from birth.  

A hernia that is not easily palpated.  

A hernia in which the sac and its contents have passed through the aperture.