Category: C

  • Cerebral ischemia

    Is the localized reduction of blood flow to the brain or parts of the brain due to arterial obstruction or systematic hyperfusion.  

  • Cerebral embolism

    A blockage of blood flow through a vessel in the brain by a blood clot that formed elsewhere in the body and traveled to the brain. A blood clot that breaks loose from its site of origin and lodges in a cerebral artery causing a stroke cerebral thrombosis. Sudden blockage of an artery in the…

  • Ceramide oligosides

    Oligosides with an N-acetyl-sphingosine moiety.  

  • Cephalic

    Relating to the head; cranial. In reference to the head, as seen in cephalic presentation, it denotes the position of a baby within the birth canal where the head is positioned first.  

  • Cephalagia

    Pain in the head, a headache.  

  • Central venous catheter

    A catheter placed into the large vein in the neck, chest or groin. A catheter inserted into the superior vena cava to permit intermittent or continuous monitoring of central venous pressure, to administer fluids, medications or nutrition, or to facilitate obtaining blood samples for chemical analysis.  

  • Central nervous system

    Part of the vertebrate nervous system comprising the brain and spinal cord. The main information-processing organs of the nervous system, consisting of the brain, spinal cord, and meninges. The part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and the spinal cord. A collective term for the brain, spinal cord, their nerves, and the sensory…

  • Cellular respiration

    Is the set of the metabolic reactions and processes that take place in organisms’ cells to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and then release waste products. The reactions involved in respiration are catabolic reactions that involve the oxidation of one molecule and the reduction of another. The metabolic process of all…

  • Cell adhesion molecules (CAM)

    Glycoproteins located on the surface of cell membranes involved with binding of other cells or with the extra-cellular matrix.  

  • Cecal ligation

    Tying up the cecam.