CARTILAGE 



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CARUNCULA 



C, Luschka's Subpharyngeal, a small body of 

 hyaline cartilage situated in the areolar tissue of the 

 lower part of the faucial tonsil. It represents a ves- 

 tige of the third postoral arch of the embryo and is 

 occasionally the seat of morbid growths. C, Mal- 

 leal. See C, Extrastapedial. C, Mandibular. 

 See C, Meckel's. C, Meatal. See C, Auricular 

 (Illus. Diet.). C, Meckel's, the axis of the first 

 branchial arch (mandibular arch) of the fetus. It 

 disappears during the fifth or sixth month with the 

 exception of its posterior (tympanic) portion, which 

 becomes the incus, malleus, and Folian process. A 

 vestige of this cartilage (pinnal cartilage) is occasion- 

 ally found in tumors of the parotid gland. C, Medio- 

 stapedial, an element of the columella auris uniting 

 the stapes and the infrastapedial cartilage ; it ossifies 

 eventually. C, Mento-Meckelian, a nodule located 

 at the side of the symphysis menti. C.s, Morgagni's. 

 See C, Wrisberg's (Illus. Diet.). C, Obducent. 

 See C, Articular (Illus. Diet.). C. of Ossification, 

 temporary cartilage. C, Ossifying. See C, Calci- 

 fied. C, Otic. See Capsule, Auditory. C, Palpe- 

 bral, the connective tissue forming the framework of 

 the eyelids. C, Parachordal. See under Para- 

 chordal (Illus. Diet.). C, Parenchymatous, that 

 in which cells form the main part of the tissue. C, 

 Periotic, the rudiment of the petromastoid part of the 

 temporal bone. C, Permanent, that which retains 

 its cartilaginous character to adult life. C, Per- 

 rhinal. See C.s, Alar. C, Plexiform. See C, 

 Retinal (Illus. Diet. ). C, Ploughshare. See Jacob- 

 son's Cartilage (Illus. Diet.). C, Precursory, C, 

 Primordial, temporary cartilage. C, Prenasal, in 

 comparative embryology that forming the anterior por- 

 tion of the nose or beak. C, Pulmonary, the sec- 

 ond costal cartilage on the left side. C.s, Pyramidal, 

 the arytenoid cartilages. C.s, Quadrate, several 

 small cartilages passing out from the alar cartilages in 

 the external part of the nostril. C, Retiform. See 

 C, Reticular (Illus. Diet.). C.s, Rib. See C, Costal 

 and Hemapophysis (Illus. Diet.). C, Scutiform. I. 

 The thyroid cartilage. 2. In solipeds, a small triangular 

 plate attached by muscular fibers to the conchal carti- 

 lage and located on the surface of the temporal muscle 

 and anterior to the base of the concha. C, Seller's, 

 a small cartilaginous rod attached to the vocal pro- 

 cess of the arytenoid cartilage. It is more devel- 

 oped in the female than in the male. C.s, Semi- 

 lunar. See under Semilunar (Illus. Diet.). C, 

 Septal, that of the nasal septum. C, Sesamoid, 

 C, Sssamoid Fibro-. See Sesamoid Bones (Illus. 

 Diet.). C, Sesamoid (of the larynx), Luschka's 

 cartilage. C, Sesamoid (of the nose). See C, 

 Epactal (Illus. Diet.). C.s, Sigmoid. See Semi- 

 lunar Cartilages (Illus. Diet.). C, Spiracular, in 

 comparative anatomy a semilunar cartilage partially 

 surrounding the spiracle and lying between the audi- 

 tory capsule and the hyomaudilmlar cartilage. C, 

 Spongy. See C. , Reticular (Illus. Diet.). C, 

 Sternal, the costal cartilages. C, Stratiform, C, 

 Striated. See (,'., White Fibro-. C, Suborbital, in 

 comparative anatomy the cartilage representing the 

 palate b me. C, Suprastapedial, a part of the 

 columella auris, extending upward from the extremity 

 of the extrastapedial cartilage ami adherent to the side 

 of the auditory capsule. C., Synarthrodial, that of 

 any fixed or slightly movable articulations. C, 

 Tarsal. See C, Palpebral. C, Temporary, that which 

 is ultimately replaced by bone. C, Thyrocricoid, in 

 comparative anatomy one formed by the conjunction of 

 the cricoid ami thyroid cartilages. C, Thyroid. See 

 under Thyreoid (Illus. Diet.). C, Trabecular, the 



embryonal trabeculas. C, Tracheal, the cartilagin- 

 ous rings of the trachea. C, Transitory. See C, 

 Temporary. C.s, Triangular (of the nose), the 

 upper lateral cartilages of the nose. C, Tubal, a 

 rolled triangular cartilage running from the osseous 

 part of the eustachian tube to the pharynx. C.s, 

 Uniting. See C.s, Connecting. C.s, Upper Lat- 

 eral (of the nose), two triangular cartilages imme- 

 diately below the nasal bones, composing the upper 

 part of the framework of the nose. C, White Fibro-, 

 a tissue composed of cartilage and of white fibrous con- 

 nective tissue. C, Xiphoid. See C, Ensiform 

 (Illus. Diet.). C, Y. See under Y (Illus. Diet.). 



Cartilago [pi., cartilagines\ (See Illus. Diet.) C. 

 alba, hyaline cartilage. C. clypealis, the thyroid 

 cartilage. C.s cruciformes, Wrisberg's cartilage. C.s 

 falcatae, C.s falciformes, the semilunar cartilages. 

 C. figurata, a form of hyaline cartilage with the sur- 

 face marked with pits or depressions. C. flava, 

 reticular cartilage. C. formativa, temporary carti- 

 lage. C. frontalis, in the embryo the cartilaginous 

 representative of the frontal bone. C. genuina, hy- 

 aline cartilage. C. gingivalis, the gingival crest. 

 C. glandis, the fibrous septum in the mesial line of 

 the glans penis. C. glottidis superior, C. Mayer's 

 name for a small inconstant cartilage in the superior 

 thyroarytenoid fold of the larynx. C.s gutturales, 

 the arytenoid cartilages. C. intermedia radii, C. 

 intermedia triangularis, one situated between the 

 radius and ulna and the os triquetrum. C. lingualis, 

 one sometimes found in the mesial line of the posterior 

 part of the tongue. Syn., Nucleus Jibrosus lingua. 

 C.s lunatae, the semilunar cartilages. C. mastoidea, 

 the embryonic cartilage developing into the mastoid 

 process of the temporal bone. C. meniscoidea, the 

 interarticular cartilage. C.s minores inferiores, the 

 alar cartilages. C.s nasi accessoriae. See Cartilage, 

 Epactal (Illus. Diet.). C.s nasi inferiores, the 

 alar cartilages. C.s nasi laterales, the upper lateral 

 cartilages of the nose. C. nasi mediana, the carti- 

 lage of the septum of the nose. C.s nasi sesa- 

 moideae, the epactal cartilages. C.s nasi superiores, 

 C.s nasi triangulares, the upper lateral cartilages of 

 the nose. C. ossescens, temporary cartilage. C. 

 parietalis, in the embryo the cartilage which develops 

 into the parietal bone. C. peltalis, C. peltatus, the 

 thyroid cartilage. C. perennis, C. permanens, per- 

 manent cartilage. C. petrosa, in the embryo the car- 

 tilaginous representative of the petrosa. C.s pin- 

 nales, the alar cartilages. C. quadrangularis nasi, 

 the cartilage of the nasal septum. C.s suturarum, 

 synarthrodial cartilages. C.s teretes. SttCarl, 

 of Santorini (Illus. Diet.). C.s triquetrae, the upper 

 lateral cartilages of the nose. C. triquetra carpi, a 

 triangular fibrocartilage separating the interior radio- 

 ulnar articulation from tin- carpus. 



Cartridge, Peppermint. See Drain-tester, Hudson's. 



Caruba. See ( aroba. 



Carum. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. A genus of umbellifer- 

 ous plants including C. carvi, caraway. C. petrosel- 

 inum, Benth., parsley, is diuretic and sedative. 



Caruncula. (See Illus. Diet.) Carunculae cuticu- 

 lares, the nymphse. Carunculae hymenales. See 

 C.ic myrtiformes (Illus. I >ict. ). C. innomminata, the 

 lacrimal gland. C. major, a caruncle marking the 

 common orifice of the common bile duct and the pan- 

 erratic duct. C. mammillaris. (See Illus. Diet j 2. 

 The enlarged ends of the galactophorous ducts in the 

 nipple. C. minor, one in the duodenum in the cen- 

 ter of which a supplementary pancreatic duct occa- 

 sionally opens. C. morgagnii, the middle lobe of 

 the prostate. C. nervi olfactorii. See Bulb, Olfac- 



