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  • Colies fracture

    Displacement of the distal end of the radius and ulna.  

  • Cochleopalpebral reflex

    Contraction of the obicularis palpebrarum muscle in response to sudden loud noise. Contraction of the orbicularis palpebrarum muscle resulting from a sudden noise produced near the ear.  

  • Coccygeal

    Pertaining to the tailbone or coccyx. Spinal nerve network in the coccyx region.  

  • Coarctation of the aorta

    Congenital narrowing of the aorta, often in the descending aorta near the ductus arteriosus. A birth defect in which the aorta, the main artery leading from the heart into the body, is severely narrowed. Usually the narrowing occurs just past the point where the subclavian artery, which supplies the upper body, branches off the aorta.…

  • Clitoritis

    Inflammation of the external female genitalia.  

  • Clavus callus

    Thickened layer of skin.  

  • Circulatory assist devices

    Instruments that decrease cardiac workload and improve organ perfusion in patients with severe heart failure.  

  • Chron’s disease

    An inflammatory bowel disease involving intermittent segments of full thickness of the gastrointestinal tract, occurring most often in the terminal ileum of the small intestine or proximal large intestine; symptoms include abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, and fistulas.  

  • Chorionic cavity

    Space in the extra-embryonic membrane.  

  • Chordae tendinae

    Tendinous cords in the heart that look like strings attaching the papillary muscles to the cusps of the mitral and tricuspid valves. Fibrous bands that anchor the atrioventricular valves.  

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