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Convex. (From the Latin words com, "together," vehere "to 

 carry.") Elevated and regularly rounded. 



Coracoid. (From the Greek words meaning "the likeness, a crow.") 

 Resembling a crow's beak. 



Cornicula Laryngis. Little horn of the larynx, cartilage of larynx 

 Santorini, named after the man who described it first, Santorini. 



Cornua. (From the Latin word cornu, "a horn.") A name applied 

 to any excrescence resembling a horn. 



Coronal. (From the Latin word corona, "a crown.") Encircling 

 like a crown, pertaining to the crown of the head. 



Coronoid. Resembling a crown. 



Corporeal. (From the Latin word corporeus, from corpus, "a 

 body.") Having a body. Pertaining to the body. C. circulation: of 

 the body. 



Corpus Callosum. (From the Latin word corpus, "a body;" callosus, 

 from callus, "callous or hard-skinned.") The callous body. The 

 broad band of white matter connecting the two hemispheres of the 

 cerebrum. 



Corpuscle. (Dim. of corpus, "a body.") A small body. 



Corpus Hemorrhagicum. The hemorrhagic body, formed when the 

 bloodvessels of the Graafian follicle rupture after the escape of the 

 ovum. 



Corrugator Supercilii (muscle). The wrinkler of the eyebrow. 



Cortex. (From the Latin word cortex, "bark.") The bark of a 

 tree, hence the outer covering, as the cortex cerebri, covering of the 

 cerebrum; cortex renalis, covering of the kidney; The outer portion 

 of an organ is called the cortex. 



Costa (pi. se). (From the Latin word costa, "a rib.") The rib. 



Costal. Pertaining to the rib. 



' Cranium. (From the Greek word meaning cranium). The bony 

 cavity that contains the brain, its membranes and vessels. 



Cribriform. (From the Latin word cribrum, "a sieve;" forma, 

 "form.") Perforated like a sieve. 



Cricoid. Ring-shaped. 



Cricothyroid. Pertaining to the cricoid and thyroid cartilages. 



Crista (Galli). (From the Latin word crista, "crest.") The crista 

 galli; cock's crest. 



Crucial. (From the Latin word crux, "a cross.") Resembling a 

 cross. 



Crura Cerebri. (The legs of the cerebrum.) The peduncles of the 

 cerebrum which connect it with the pons Crura cerebelli; any one of 

 the cerebellar peduncles. 



Cms (pi. crura). (From the Latin word crus, "a leg, support.") 



Cubic Centimeter (c.c.). Is the unit of measurement used in the 

 metric system for fluids in place of the gram; one cubic centimeter 

 representing 1 fluid gram. 



Cuboid. Resembling a cube. 



Cuboidal. Nearly like the shape of a cube. 



Cuneiform. From the Latin words cuneus, "a wedge;" forma, 

 "'shape.") Wedge-shaped. 



Cutaneous. (From the Latin word cutis, "skin.") Pertaining to 

 the skin. 



