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Perogaster. C. Suture, the suture joining the frontal 

 with the two parietal In mo. 



Coronamen {kor-o-na'-men) [I.., a crowning: //., 

 Coronamina\ Same as Coronet. 



Coronary [kor 1 '-o-na-re) [corona, a crown]. A term 

 w\ iplied to vessels, nerves, or attachments thai encircle 

 a part or organ. C. Bone, the small pastern or me- 

 dian phalanx of a horse's foot. 



Coronate \ko>' o-nat ) [coronatus, to crown]. In bi- 

 ology, provided with a crown. 



Coronen {ko-ro'-neri) [corona, a crown]. Belonging 

 to the corona in itself. 



Coroner [kor'-o-ner) [coronator, a crown, an officer ap- 

 pointed by the Crown]. An officer who inquires by 

 authority of the law into the causes of deaths of 

 sudden or violent occurrence. C, Inquest of, the 

 legal inquiry before a jury into the cause of a sudden 

 or violent death. 



Coronet (kor'-o-nct) [Fr., coronette, dim. of corone, a 

 crown]. I. In biology, a crowning circle of hairs. 

 2. In veterinary surgery, the lowest part of the pas- 

 tern of the hoof, also called coronamen. 



Coronilla [kor-o-nil* '-ah) [dim. of corona, a crown]. 

 A genus of leguminous herbs. C. emerus is purga- 

 tive. C. scorpeoides, abundant in southwestern 

 Europe, has doubtful value in cardiac affections when 

 increased amplitude of pulsation is required. C. varia 

 is diuretic, purgative, and poisonous. Unof. 



Coronillin [kor-o-nil' -in) [dim. of corona, a crown]. 

 A glucosid from Coronilla scorpeoides ; it is said to 

 be a diuretic cardiant. 



Corono-basilar [kor-o-no-ba r -sil-ar) [corona, a crown ; 

 basis, the base]. Extending from the coronal suture 

 to the basilar aspect of the head. 



Coronofacial [kor-o-no-fa' 'shal ) [corona, crown ; fades, 

 face]. Relating to the crown of the head and to the 

 face. 



Coronoid (kor'-o-noid) [corona, crown; ehhr, like- 

 ness]. Crown-shaped; as the C. process of the 

 ulna or of the jaw. 



Coronule (kor' -o-niil) [coronula, dim. of corona, a 

 crown]. In biology, the tuft of down forming a 

 crown to certain seeds. 



Corophthisis (ko-roff'-tis-is) [n6pri, pupil ; 0'toiq, a 

 wasting]. Habitual or permanent contraction of the 

 pupil due to a wasting disease of the eye. 



Corpora (kor'-por-ah ) [pi . of corpus, a body] . A general 

 term applied to certain parts of the body having a 

 rounded or ovoid shape. C. albicantia. See C. mam- 

 millaria. C. arantii, the tubercles, one in the center of 

 each segment of the semilunar valves. C. cavernosa, 

 the cylindric bodies of erectile tissue forming the chief 

 part of the penis. Also the two masses of erectile 

 ti>sue composing the clitoris. See Penis. C. geni- 

 culata, two small eminences projecting from the optic 

 thalami. C. libera ar- 

 ticulorum. Mures Ar- 

 ticulorum ; joint - mice ; 

 loose bodies, either fibro- 

 matous, lipomatous, or 

 chondromatous in nature, 

 occurring occasionally in i I 

 joints. They vary in size 

 from that of a pea to that 

 of a walnut, and are of all 

 shapes. They are most 

 frequent in the knee-joint. 

 They are of traumatic Corpora Cavernosa and Ad- 

 origin. C. mammilla- jacent Parts. (Potter.) 

 ria. Corpora albicantia; '• Corpora cavernosa. 2. Cor- 

 the mamillary bodies J«?„. S, 7f ^Tri^Tl 

 of the brain. 1 hey are Nerves. 



formed by the spreading out on the surface of Oud- 

 den's ganglion and an adjoining ^an^l ion of the some- 

 what interwoven fibers of Gudden\ and \ i< <) d Azyr's 

 bundles. They form the bulbs of the fornix. C. 

 olivaria, the two oval masses behind the pyramids 

 ol tin- medulla oblongata. C. oryzoidea, the rice- 

 like corpuscles or melon-seed bodies of hygromata. 

 C. pyramidalia, tin- two bundles of white matter of 

 the medulla oblongata, situated below the pons varolii. 

 C. quadrigemina, the optii lobes of the brain, the 

 four rounded eminences situated under the corpus cal- 

 losum. The anterior pair arc called the nates, and 

 the posterior, the testes. C. restiformia. the large 

 columns or cord-like bodies extending from tin- me- 

 dulla to the cerebrum. C. striata, two organs, one 

 in each lateral ventricle of the brain, composed of the 

 caudate and lenticular nuclei. The first, or intra- 

 ventricular portion, extends into the lateral ventricle. 

 C. wolffiana, the "primordial kidney." 



Corporeal {kor-por^-e-al) [corpus, a. body]. Pertain- 

 ing to the body. C. Endometritis. See Endome- 

 tritis . 



Corpse (korps) [ME., corps, a dead body]. See Cada- 

 ver. C. -plant, the Monotropa uniflora, a singular 

 saprophytic plant of Asia and N. America ; it is a 

 popular remedy for epilepsy and for sore-eyes. Unof. 



Corpulency {kor 1 '-pu-len-se) [corpulentus, corpulent]. 

 Obesity ; fatness of the body. 



Corpulent {kor' -pu- lent) [corpulentus, corpulent]. Ex- 

 cessively fat ; obese. 



Corpus (kor' -pus) [corpus, a body : //., Corpora\ A 

 body ; the human body. C. of Arantius. See Cor- 

 pora. C. callosum. See Commissure. C. caver- 

 nosum vaginae, the spongy tissue of the vagina. C. 

 candicans, corpus mamillare ; a small white tubercle 

 lying on the base of the brain, one on each side under 

 the thalamus. The two form the boundary-point 

 between the fore-brain and inter-brain ; each is com- 

 posed of three nuclei. C. ciliare, the ciliary body 

 of the eye. C. dentatum. See Olivary Body. Also a 

 ganglion of the cerebellum, an open bag or capsule of 

 gray matter, on section of a dentated outline, and 

 open anteriorly. C. highmorianum, the mediastinum 

 of the testis, a reflection inward of the tunica albuginea 

 into the testicle at its posterior border. C. fimbriatum, 

 the lateral thin edge of the taenia hippocampi. See 

 also Fimbria. C. luteum, the yellow body. Hyper- 

 trophy of the membrana propria, or reticulata of the 

 ovisac, after the escape of the ovule. C. L., False, 

 that resulting when pregnancy does not occur, called 

 also the C. L. of Menstruation. C. L., True, that re- 

 sulting when pregnancy takes place, called also the C. 

 L. of Pregnancy, and differing in several respects 

 from the tir-t . C. mamillare. v us candicans. 



C. pampiniforme, the parovarium. C. spongiosum, 

 the spongy body enclosing the urethra, etc. C. stri- 

 atum. See Corpora. C. trapezoides, the arbor of 

 the cerebellum. C. trigonum. See Trigonum vesica. 

 C. uteri. See Uterus. C. vertebrae. See Centrum. 

 C. Vitreum. See Vitreous Humor. 



Corpuscle (kor'-pus-l) [dim. of corpus"]. A name 

 loosely applied to almost any small, rounded, or oval 

 body. C., Bizzozero's. See Blood-platelets. C. of 

 Blood, the minute, biconcave, flat discs, circular in 

 man, elliptic in the camel, and oval in birds and 

 reptiles. They are distinguished a- red and white, or 

 colorless. Red corpuscles have been divided, accord- 

 ing to their size, into normoblasts (normal in size). 

 megaloblasts or megalocytes (of excessive size), 

 microblasts or microcytes (abnormally small), and 

 poikiloblasts or poikilocytes (of irregular shape 

 and size). The red corpuscles in the blood of man 



