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fiber; these radiate in opposite directions. C, Bi- 

 polar. See Bipolar Nerve-cells (Ulus. Diet.). C.s, 

 Boettcher's, dark-colored cells, with a basally situ- 

 ated nucleus, found between Claudius' cells. C, 

 Bone. See Osteoblast (Illus Diet.). C, Border-. 

 See C, Marginal and C. , Delomorphous. C, 

 Bristle-, a prickle-cell. C, Brush-. See C.s of 

 Betters (Illus. Diet.). C, Bud-, one developed 

 from the mother-cell by budding. C. -budding, ger- 

 mination. C.s, Cajal's, fusiform or triangular gan- 

 glion-cells lying near the surface of the cerebral cor- 

 tex and giving off branched processes parallel to it. 

 C, Calcareous, C, Calciferous, that having as its 

 function the secretion or excretion of calcareous ma- 

 terial. C.s, Calcigerous. I. Cells containing earthy 

 salts found in dentine. 2. Muller and Henle's name 

 for the lacunas of bone and their canaliculi. C, Cal- 

 iciform, a goblet-cell. C, Cancer-. See Mat rocyte 

 (Illus. Diet.). C, Cannulated, one perforated with 

 a duct. C, Cardiac Muscular- fiber, one of the 

 peculiar cells making up the cardiac muscular fibers. 

 C, Carrier, a leukocyte. C, Cartilage, one of the 

 nucleated cells occurring in cartilage. C, Central. 

 Same as C, Adelomorphous. C, Centroacinar, C, 

 Centroacinous, little cellular masses found by Robert 

 Langerhans in the interstitial connective tissue of the 

 pancreas. Syn., Langerhans 1 islets, Renaut'' s follicu- 

 lar points. C, Cerebrospinal Nerve-, one belonging 

 to the central nervous system. C.s, Chalice, goblet- 

 cells. C, Chief, an adelomorphous cell. C, Chloro- 

 gogen. See Chlorogogen. C, Chromatophore, a 

 cavity directly beneath the epidermis containing pig- 

 ment and changing its shape and color by means of 

 attached radiating muscular bands. C, Chromophilic, 

 a cell that stains readily. C, Circumvascular, the 

 plasma-cells in the tissues near the bloodvessels. C.s, 

 Claudius'. See Claudius (Illus. Diet. ). C, Cleav- 

 age, a segmentation-cell. C, Coarsely Granular. See 

 C, Acidophil. C, Colostrum, colostrum corpuscles. 

 C, Columnar, one of the elongated cells forming 

 columnar epithelium. C.s, Commissural. Same as 

 C, Heteromeric. C.s, Conjugate, two cells united 

 by tooth-like processes projecting from one into the 

 other. C, Constant, the galvanic element of a con- 

 stant battery. C, Contractile, a comprehensive 

 name for cells forming contractile tissue. C, Con- 

 tractile-fiber, a muscular-fiber cell. C, Corneous, 

 a horn-cell. C, Cortical, one belonging to the cor- 

 tex of an organ. C. -cover, the cuticular layer. C, 

 Cover-. See C, Tegmental. C, Crescent, mar- 

 ginal cells forming a demilune. C, Cruickshank's, 

 the element of a Cruickshank's battery. C, Cyst- 

 ogenous, a cell the secretion of which forms a cyst. 

 C, Cytochrome, a nerve-eel! having a cell-body very 

 small in proportion to its nucleus. C, Dead, one 

 which no longer contains protoplasm and is not con- 

 cerned in the vital functions; e.g., cork-cells, horn- 

 cells. C, Decidual, a proliferation of young con- 

 nective-tissue cells above the uterine glands taking 

 place after the ovum is impregnated. C.s, Delomor- 

 phous, Rollet's name for granular cells which stain 

 deeply, occurring next the basement membrane in the 

 glands of the stomach in the cardiac region. They 

 are supposed to secrete acid. C, Denticulate, a 

 prickle cell. C, Dentinal, C, Dentine. I. An 

 odontoblast. 2. The lacunas in dentine similar to 

 those in bone. 3. One of the bodies forming the 

 matrix in dentine. C. -derivative, a substance se- 

 creted by a cell. C, Devouring, a phagocyte. C, 

 Digestive, one secreting a digestive ferment. C.» 

 district. See C. -territory. C. -division. See A'ary- 

 okinesis (Illus. Diet.). C.-d., Akinetic, C.-d., 



Amitotic, C.-d., Direct, C.-d., Remakian. See 

 Amitosis (Illus. Diet.). C.-d., Differential. See 

 Heterokinesis (Illus. Diet.). C.-d., Indirect, C.-d., 

 Mitotic, C.-d., Nuclear, karvokinesis. C.-d., In- 

 tegral. See Homeokinesis (Illus. Diet.). C.-d., 

 Qualitative. See Heterokinesis (Illus. Diet.). C.-d., 

 Quantitative. See Homeokinesis (Illus. Diet.). C, 

 Drain-pipe. See C, Cannulated. C, Dry, a gal- 

 vanic cell containing no liquid. C, Drysdale's. See 

 Drysdale (Illus. Diet.). C, Ectodermal, one from 

 the ectoderm of the embryo. C.s, Ehrlich's Mast-. 

 Some as Waldeyer , s Plasma-cells. C, Elementary, 

 an embryonic cell ; also a leukocyte. C, Embryo, 

 C, Embryonic, one arising from the division of the 

 ovum. Syn., C, Formative; C, Elementary; C, 

 Primitive; C, Primordial; C, Primary. C.s, 

 Embryoplastic, cells originating from the mesoblast 

 and becoming stellate or fusiform ; they comprise the 

 fixed connective-tissue corpuscles in developing con- 

 nective tissue. Syn., Fibroplastic bodies or cell. C, 

 Enamel. See Ameloblast (Illus. Diet.). C, En- 

 casing. See C, Tegmental. C, Enchyma, C, 

 Enchymatous, a gland-cell. C, Enclosed. See 

 Lepocyte (Illus. Diet.). C, Entodermal, one origi- 

 nating from the entoderm of the embryo. C, Epi- 

 dermomuscular, C, Epithelial Muscular, C, 

 Epitheliomuscular. See C, Neuromuscular, and 

 Myoblast epitheliales (Illus. Diet.). C, Epithe- 

 lioid, one of the flattened cells forming an epithelial 

 or endothelial covering in forms of membranous con- 

 nective tissue. C. -excrement, during cell-conjuga- 

 tion the fragments of nuclei cast out by the cells. C, 

 Excretory, one having the function of excretion. C.s, 

 External Ciliated. See C.s of Corii (Illus. Diet.). 

 C„ Ferment-, one secreting a ferment. C, Fiber-, a 

 cell elongated into a fiber. C, Fibrillated. I. See 

 Rods of Heidenhain (Illus. Diet.). 2. One of the 

 fibrillated cells lining the interlobular ducts of the 

 salivary glands. C.s, Fibroplastic. See C.s, Embryo- 

 plastic. C. -fission, cell-division. C.s, Fixed Con- 

 nective-tissue, the protoplasmic bodies found in con- 

 nective tissue. Syn., Connective-tissue plastids ; 

 Connective-tissue corpuscles. C, Floor, one of the 

 auditory cells in the organ of Corti which occur at the 

 angle formed by the base of each rod and the basilar 

 membrane. C.s, Follicular. I. Those of which the 

 membrana granulosa is composed. 2. See Sertoli's 

 Columns (Illus. Diet.). C, Formative. See C, 

 Embryonic. C.s, Foule's, large cells containing one 

 or more nuclei as large as or larger than a red blood- 

 corpuscle, with regular or irregular outline ; they 

 have been supposed to be diagnostic of malignant 

 ovarian cysts. C.s, Friedlander's Decidual. See 

 Decidual Cells (Illus. Diet ). C, Furrowed, a 

 prickle-cell. C, Fusiform, a spindle-cell. C, Gen- 

 erative. See Germ-cell (Illus. Diet.). C, Ger- 

 minative. See Sertoli's Celts (Illus. Diet.). C.s, 

 Gland-, C.s, Glandular, cells having the function of 

 producing certain secretions by elaborating certain con- 

 stituents separated by them from the blood. C.s, 

 Glia-, neuroglia. C.s, Golgi's, nerve-cells with very 

 short processes found in the gray matter of the brain 

 and spinal cord. C, Granular, C, Granulated, 

 C, Granule-. See Granule-cell (Illus. Diet). C, 

 Granulation, one of the cells making up granulation- 

 tissue. C, Granule- (of the blood |, a leukocyte. C, 

 Guard-, C, Guardian. See Guard-cell (Illus. Diet.). 

 C, Gustatory, a spindle-cell from the interior of a 

 taste-bud. C.s, Hair-. 1. Epithelial or ganglionic 

 auditory cells furnished with hair-like processes. C, 

 Hare's, the element of a I laic's battery. C, Hecat- 

 eromeric, C, Hecatomeral, a nerve-cell of the 



