a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth
connective tissue
Noun
tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells
collagen
Noun
a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue
cartilage
Noun
tough elastic tissue
chemoreceptor
Noun
a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli
contractile organ
Noun
a bodily organ that contracts
contractor
Noun
a bodily organ that contracts
contractor
Noun
someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things
contractor
Noun
(law) a party to a contract
contractor
Noun
the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
cakehole
Noun
informal terms for the mouth
costa
Noun
any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
costa
Noun
a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)
cervix
Noun
necklike opening to the uterus
cervix
Noun
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
cervix uteri
Noun
necklike opening to the uterus
cavity
Noun
in anatomy, a natural hollow or sinus within the body
cavity
Noun
a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
cavity
Noun
soft decayed area in a tooth
cavity
Noun
space that is surrounded by something
cavum
Noun
(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
cheekbone
Noun
the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
corpus sternum
Noun
the large central part of the breastbone
cheek muscle
Noun
a muscle that flattens the cheek and retracts the angle of the mouth
clavicle
Noun
bone linking the scapula and sternum
collarbone
Noun
bone linking the scapula and sternum
coccyx
Noun
the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes
coronary artery
Noun
the artery that branches from the aorta to supply blood to the heart
conjunctiva
Noun
a transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid
cystic artery
Noun
a branch of the hepatic artery
conjunctival layer of bulb
Noun
the part of the conjunctiva covering the anterior face of the sclera and the surface epithelium of the cornea
cauliflower ear
Noun
an auricle deformed by injury
conjunctival layer of eyelids
Noun
the part of the conjunctiva lining the posterior surface of the eyelids
capillary artery
Noun
one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries
cochlea
Noun
the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti
cornea
Noun
the transparent dome-shaped anterior portion of the outer covering of the eye
carotid artery
Noun
either of two major arteries of the neck and head
common carotid artery
Noun
runs upward in the neck and divides into the external and internal carotid arteries
common carotid
Noun
runs upward in the neck and divides into the external and internal carotid arteries
carotid body
Noun
a chemoreceptor located near the bifurcations of the carotid arteries
caul
Noun
the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
caul
Noun
part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines
celiac trunk
Noun
an artery that originates from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and branches into the left gastric artery and the common hepatic artery and the splenic artery
celiac artery
Noun
an artery that originates from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and branches into the left gastric artery and the common hepatic artery and the splenic artery
central artery of the retina
Noun
a branch of the ophthalmic artery
crystalline lens
Noun
biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye
cerebellar artery
Noun
an artery that supplies the cerebellum
cortex
Noun
the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus
cortex
Noun
the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
cortex
Noun
the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal