| breast | The fore or ventral part of the body between the neck and the abdomen [Brenda]. | — |
| bronchus | Either of the two primary divisions of the trachea that lead respectively into the right and the left lung [Brenda]. | — |
| capillary | A capillary tube; especially: any of the smallest blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules and forming networks throughout the body [Brenda]. | — |
| cardiac conducting system | The electrical conduction system that controls the heart rate. This system generates electrical impulses and conducts them throughout the muscle of the heart, stimulating the heart to contract and pump blood [MedTerms: http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=8407]. | — |
| cardiac valve | A heart valve normally allows blood flow in only one direction through the heart. The four valves commonly represented in a mammalian heart determine the pathway of blood flow through the heart. A heart valve opens or closes incumbent upon differential blood pressure on each side [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_valve]. | — |
| cardiovascular system | The system of heart and blood vessels [Brenda]. | — |
| carotid artery | A key artery located in the front of the neck that carries blood from the heart to the brain. Cholesterol plaques on the inner wall of the carotid artery can lead to stroke [Brenda]. | — |
| cartilage | A specialized, fibrous connective tissue, forming most of the temporary skeleton of the embryo, providing a model in which most of the bones develop, and constituting an important part of the growth mechanism of the organism. It exists in several types, the most important of which are hyaline cartilage, elastic cartilage, and fibrocartilage. Also used as a general term to designate a mass of such tissue in a particular site in the body [Brenda]. | — |
| caudate nucleus | One of the centrally-located portions of the brain affected by Huntington's Disease. Speech and swallowing problems arise when this region and another region called the putamen are affected [Brenda]. | — |
| cecum | The first part of the large intestine, forming a dilated pouch into which open the ileum, colon, and appendix vermiformis [Brenda]. | — |
| central amygdaloid nucleus | A nucleus in the corticomedial part of the amygdaloid body, providing the major relay for projections from the amygdala to the brainstem and also receiving numerous return projections [Brenda]. | — |
| central lateral thalamic nucleus | — | central lateral nucleus of thalamus; central lateral thalamic nucleus; nucleus centralis lateralis of thalamus; nucleus centralis lateralis thalami; centrolateral thalamic nucleus |
| central nervous system | The central nervous system is that part of the nervous system that consists of the brain and spinal cord. The central nervous system (CNS) is one of the two major divisions of the nervous system. The other is the peripheral nervous system (PNS) which is outside the brain and spinal cord [Brenda]. | — |
| centromedian thalamic nucleus | In the anatomy of the brain, the centromedian nucleus, also known as the centrum medianum, (CM or Cm-Pf) is a part of the intralaminar nucleus (ILN) of the thalamus. There are two centromedian nuclei arranged bilaterally. It contains about 2000 neurons per cubic millimetre and has a volume of about 310 cubic millimetres with 664,000 neurons in total [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centromedian_nucleus]. | centromedian nucleus; centrum medianum |
| cerebellum | A large dorsally projecting part of the brain concerned especially with the coordination of muscles and the maintenance of bodily equilibrium, situated between the brain stem and the back of the cerebrum , and formed in humans of two lateral lobes and a median lobe [Brenda]. | — |
| cerebellum cortex | The thin gray surface layer of the cerebellum, consisting of an outer molecular layer or stratum moleculare, a single layer of purkinje cells (the ganglionic layer), and an inner granular layer or stratum granulosum [Biology-Online: http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Cerebellar_cortex]. | cortex cerebelli; cerebellar cortex |
| cerebellum nuclei | Four accumulations of gray substance embedded in the white substance of the cerebellum, comprising the nucleus dentatus, nucleus emboliformis, nucleus globosus, and nucleus fastigii. (Dorland, 28th ed) [MeSH] | dentate nucleus; nucleus dentatus; nucleus emboliformis; nucleus fastigii; Nucleus Globosus |
| cerebral aqueduct | The mesencephalic duct, also known as the aqueductus mesencephali, aqueduct of Sylvius or the cerebral aqueduct, contains cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), is within the mesencephalon (or midbrain) and connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon to the fourth ventricle within the region of the mesencephalon and metencephalon, located dorsal to the pons and ventral to the cerebellum [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_aqueduct]. | — |
| cerebral cortex | The surface layer of gray matter of the cerebrum that functions chiefly in coordination of sensory and motor information [Brenda]. | — |
| cerebrospinal fluid | The serumlike fluid that circulates through the ventricles of the brain, the cavity of the spinal cord, and the subarachnoid space, functioning in shock absorption.nA liquid that is comparable to serum but contains less dissolved material, that is secreted from the blood into the lateral ventricles of the brain by the choroid plexus, circulates through the ventricles to the spaces between the meninges about the brain and spinal cord, and is resorbed into the blood through the subarachnoid sinuses, and that serves chiefly to maintain uniform pressure within the brain and spinal cord [Brenda]. | — |
| cerebrum | The cerebrum or telencephalon, together with the diencephalon, constitutes the forebrain. The cerebrum is the most anterior (or, in humans, most superior) region of the vertebrate central nervous system. Telencephalon refers to the embryonic structure from which the mature cerebrum develops. In mammals, the dorsal telencephalon, or pallium, develops into the cerebral cortex, and the ventral telencephalon, or subpallium, becomes the basal ganglia. The cerebrum is also divided into approximately symmetric left and right cerebral hemispheres [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebrum]. | — |
| cervix | The cervix (from the Latin cervix uteri, meaning "neck of the womb") is the lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina. It is cylindrical or conical in shape and protrudes through the upper anterior vaginal wall. Approximately half its length is visible with appropriate medical equipment; the remainder lies above the vagina beyond view. The cervix has an opening to allow sperm and menstrual fluid to move through [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervix]. | — |
| chorion | The outer membrane of the two membranes enclosing the embryo in reptiles, birds, and mammals. In placental mammals it contributes to the development of the placenta [Brenda]. | — |
| choroid | The dark-brown vascular coat of the eye between the sclera and the retina [Brenda]. | — |
| ciliary body | Tissue that includes the group of muscles that act on the eye lens to produce accommodation and the arterial circle of the iris. The inner ciliary epithelium is continuous with the pigmented retinal epithelium, the outer ciliary epithelium secretes the aqueous humour [Brenda]. | — |
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