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brain-stem, the fibers running from the spinal cord to 

 the hemispheres of the brain. C. dorsalis. I. The 

 spinal cord. 2. The oblongata. C. encephali, the 

 cerebral peduncle. C. encephali communis, the 

 oblongata and crus cerebri. C. encephali pontilis, 

 the pons. C. medullaris, the cerebral peduncle. 



Caudiferous (kaw-dif '-ur-us) \_cauda, a tail; ferre, to 

 bear]. Having a tail or tail-like appendage. 



Caulin [kaw'-lin) [cattlis, a stem, a cabbage]. The 

 pigmentary substance of red cabbage ; it is used in 

 coloring wine. 



Caulophyllin. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. An alkaloid 

 from Caidophyllum thalictroides, occurring as a trans- 

 parent film, colorless, odorless, and tasteless. It is 

 soluble in water, alcohol, ether, and chloroform. 



Cauloplegia (kaw-lo-ple'-je-ah) [/caiv.oc, a stalk ; ~> //;//, 

 a stroke]. Paralysis affecting the penis. 



Caulosterin (fcaur-los' '-ter-in) [/c«r>/.oc, a stalk; arepeog, 

 solid]. C., 6 H 44 0. An aromatic compound occurring 

 in the root and stem of seedlings of the yellow lupine 

 which have grown in the dark. It is levorotary, 

 forming lustrous plates which melt at I58°-I59° C. 



Causa. (See Illus. Diet. ) C. conjuncta, an imme- 

 diate cause. C. continens, one that does not discon- 

 tinue its action after its effects are begun. C. dis- 

 ponens. See Cause, Predisposing (Illus. Diet.). 



Causality {kaws-al'-it-e). The power of seeing the re- 

 lation between cause and effect. 



Cause. (See Illus. Diet. ) C, Antecedent. See C, 

 Predisposing (Illus. Diet.). C, Determining, a 

 cause that precipitates the action of another or other 

 causes. C, Efficient, C, Essential, one that secures 

 the effect independent of the action of other causes. 

 C, Endopathic. See C, Internal. C, Exopathic, 

 C, External, one that acts external to the organism. 

 C, Immediate. See C, Proximate. C, Internal, 

 a cause acting within the organism. C, Negative, 

 one consisting in the absence of some prophylactic con- 

 dition. C, Predisponent, C, Procatarctic. See 

 C, Predisposing (Illus. Diet.). C, Primary, C, 

 Proximate, that one of several causes which takes 

 effect last and acts with rapidity. C, Remote, C, 

 Secondary, an ultimate cause. C, Ultimate, one 

 that eventually comes into play aided by a proximate 

 cause. C, Vital, a specific pathogenic microorgan- 

 ism. 



Caustic. (See Illus. Diet.) C. Arrows, conic sticks 

 charged with caustic material. C, Metallic, one con- 

 taining a metal or a metallic salt. C, Perpetual, 

 fused silver nitrate. 



Cauterization. (See Illus. Diet.) C, Distant, that 

 performed by holding the cautery at some distance 

 from the surface to be cauterized. C, Galvano- 

 chemical (Apostoli's), the destruction of the mucosa 

 by means of electrolytic action. C, Inherent, deep 

 cauterization by means of the actual cautery. C, 

 Linear, that performed in a line by a knife-shaped 

 cautery, wire, etc. C, Neapolitan, deep cauteriza- 

 tion through an incision. C, Objective. See C. , 

 Distant. C. by Points, C, Punctate, deep cauteri- 

 zation with a pointed cautery. C, Slow, that per- 

 formed with moxa. C, Subcutaneous, deep cauteri- 

 zation by injection of caustics, or by inclosing the cau- 

 tery in a tul x- BO M not to affect the superficial parts. 

 C, Transcurrent, transverse lines drawn rapidly 

 across the skin with a white hot iron. C, Tubular, 

 Triplet's operation of charring the walls of an opening 

 made into a cyst by means of an instrument connected 

 with the negative pole of a battery. 



Cautery. (See Illus. Diet) Syn., fnitstoriitin. C, 

 Nummular, a cautery iron fitted with a coin -shaped 

 disk. C.| Solar, a lens for concentrating the rays of 



the sun upon a part to be cauterized. C, Steam. 

 See Atmocausis. 



Cava. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. Any external cavity or 

 hollow of the body. 



Cavascope {kav'-a-skop) [cava, a hollow ; cuowelv, to 

 view]. An apparatus for illuminating a cavity. 



Cavern (kav > '-urn) Xcavema, a hollow]. A cavity in 

 the lung due to necrosis of the parenchyma ; also the 

 cavity of a dilated bronchus. C, Brand, one due to 

 gangrenous destruction of a circumscribed segment of 

 the lung parenchyma. 



Cavernitis (kav-ur-ni'-tis). Inflammation of the cor- 

 pora cavernosa. 



Cavernosum i^kav-ur-no' -sum). The corpus caverno- 

 sum. 



Cavite Fever. See under Fever. 



Cavity. (See Illus. Diet.) C, Alimentary, in com- 

 parative anatomy a cavity for the assimilation and di- 

 gestion of food. C, Amygdaloid, in veterinary 

 anatomy a triangular area between the soft palate and 

 the base of the tongue; glands representing a tonsil 

 open into it. C, Ancyroid, C, Ankyroid, the post- 

 cornu. C, Arachnoid. See Subdural Space (Illus. 

 Diet.). C, Archenteric. See Archenteron (Illus. 

 Diet. ). C, Articular, a hollow on a bone for the 

 reception of the head of another bone. C, v. Baer's. 

 See Segmentation Cavity (Illus. Diet.). C.s, Body. 

 See Spaces, Intermesoblastic (Illus. Diet.). C, 

 Cartilage, one of the lacunas of the matrix of cartilage 

 holding the cells. C.s, Cerebral, the ventricles of the 

 brain. C, Cleavage, the blastocele. C, Cotyloid, 

 the acetabulum or any cup-shaped articular cavity. C, 

 Cranial, the hollow of the skull. C, Cranioverte- 

 bral, in embryology the tubular cavity lying above the 

 notochord and inclosing the great nervous center. C, 

 Cutigeral, in veterinary anatomy the hollow of the 

 hoof receiving the plantar cushion. C, Decidual, 

 the space between the decidua vera and the de- 

 cidua reflexa before their coalescence. C, Digital. 

 See Postcornu (Illus. Diet. ). C, Drum, the tympanic 

 cavity. C, Epiploic, the omentum. C.s, Frontal. 

 See Frontal Sinuses (Illus. Diet.). C, Mastoid. 

 See Mastoid Antrum (Illus. Diet.). C, Meckel's. 

 See Meckel s Cave (Illus. Diet.). C.s, Nasal. See 

 Nasal Fossa (Illus. Diet.). C, Neural. See 

 Canal, Vertebral (Illus. Diet.). C, Oral, that of 

 the mouth. .Syn., Cavum oris: Spatium oris. C, 

 Pelvic Intestinal, in the embryo the posterior blind 

 end of the alimentary canal. C, Pericardio- 

 pleural, that portion of the body-ca\ ity of the em- 

 bryo containing the developing pleuras and pericar- 

 dium. C, Perienteric. See Celoma (Illus. Diet.). 

 C, Perivisceral, in the embryo the general body- 

 cavity. C, Pleural, the closed space of the pleura 

 included between its parietal and visceral layers. C, 

 Pleuroperitoneal. i. The body cavity. 2. See Space, 

 Intermesoblastic (Illus. Diet.).' C, Primitive Di- 

 gestive. See Protogaster (Illus. Diet.). C, Primi- 

 tive Vertebral, C, Protovertebral, the spare be 

 tween the layers of the muscle-plates in the embryo, 

 C, Rosenmuller's. See Fossa, Kosenmulier' s ( Illus. 

 Diet.). C, Rusconi's Nutritive, the protogaster. 

 C, Segmentation. See Segmentation Cavity (Illus. 

 Diet.). C, Semilunar (of the radius). See Sig- 

 moid Cavity, Lesser (Illus. Diet.). C, Serous, a 

 large lymph-spacer. C.s, Sigmoid (of the ulna). See 

 Sigmoid Cavity, Greater (Illus. Diet.). C, Somato- 

 visceral. See Celoma (Illus. Diet.). C, Splanch- 

 nic. See Spate, Intermesoblastic (Illus. Diet.). 

 C.s, Splanchnic, the cranial, thoracic, and abdominal 

 cavities. C, Subdural. See Subdural Space (Illus, 

 Diet.). C, Subgerminal. See Segmentation Cavit 



