Ross & Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness (223 page)

Commensal organisms,
70
,
299

Commissural tracts,
148

Common bile duct,
300
,
300
f
,
303
,
304
f

Common carotid artery,
92
f
,
94
f
,
95
,
95
f

Common cold,
254

Common facial vein,
97
f

Common hepatic duct,
303

Common iliac arteries,
92
f
,
94
,
94
f
,
100
,
101
f
,
102–104

Common iliac vein,
93
f
,
104

Common peroneal nerve,
163
,
163
f

Communication,
7–10
,
8
t

with external environment,
7
,
10

internal,
7–10

non-verbal,
10

verbal,
10

Complement,
367

Complementary base pairing,
429

Complexity, levels of structural,
4
,
5
f

Compliance, lung,
249

Complications,
14b

Compounds, chemical,
18
,
19–20

Concentration gradient,
25

Conchae, nasal,
235
,
235
f
,
389
,
389
f
,
390

Conducting system of heart,
83
,
83
f

Conduction (of heat),
357–358

Condyle,
385
t
,
404

Condyloid joints,
404

Cones,
192
,
193
f
,
197

Congenital disease,
15b

Congenital heart disease,
123–124

Coning,
173

Conjunctiva,
198–199

Conjunctivitis,
203–204

allergic,
204

neonatal,
203

Reiter's syndrome,
423

Connective tissue,
35–38
,
36
f

cells,
36

dense,
37–38
,
37
f

diseases,
424

loose (areolar),
36
,
36
f
See also
Adipose tissue
See also
Blood
See also
Bone
See also
Cartilage

Connector neurones,
155
,
158

Conn's syndrome,
125
,
226

Constipation,
299

Contact dermatitis,
362
,
374

Contractures,
360
,
364

Contre coup injuries,
173–174

Convection (of heat),
357–358

Convergence,
196

Coracobrachialis muscle,
417
,
417
f

Coracohumeral ligament,
404
,
404
f

Coracoid process,
396–397

Cornea,
190
,
191

injection,
204

ulcer,
204

Corneal reflex,
199

Coronal suture,
386
,
388
f
,
391
f

Coronary arteries,
82
,
82
f
,
94

autonomic control,
170

collateral,
120

narrowing/occlusion of,
115
,
120–121

Coronary sinus,
82

Coronoid process,
390

Corpora cavernosa,
450
,
450
f

Corpus albicans,
443
,
443
f

Corpus callosum,
148
,
149
f
,
150
f

Corpus luteum,
109
,
443
,
443
f
,
445

Corpus spongiosum,
450
,
450
f

Corti, organ of (spiral organ),
188
,
189
f

Corticospinal (pyramidal) tracts,
148–149
,
157

Corticosteroids,
216–217

Corticosterone,
216

Corticotrophin
See
Adrenocorticotrophic hormone

Corticotrophin releasing hormone (CRH),
210–211

Cortisol,
216

hypersecretion,
125
,
225

hyposecretion,
226

Cortisone,
216

Corynebacterium diphtheriae
,
254

Coryza (common cold),
254

Costal cartilages,
395

Cough

impaired,
260

reflex,
241–242

Covalent bonds,
19–20

Cranial cavity,
45

Cranial fossae,
148

Cranial nerves,
138
,
164–167
,
165
f

damage, raised intracranial pressure,
173
see also specific nerves

Cranium,
43
,
43
f
,
45
f
,
386–389
,
391

Creatinine,
57

Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease,
178

Cribriform plate,
389

Cricoarytenoid ligament,
238
f

Cricoid cartilage,
238
,
238
f

Cricopharyngeal sphincter,
288

Cricothyroid ligament,
238
f

Cricovocal membrane,
238
f

Cri-du-chat syndrome,
436

Crohn's disease,
319–320
,
319t

Cross-eye (strabismus),
204

Crossing over,
432

Croup,
254

Cruciate ligaments,
408
,
408
f

Crush syndrome,
425

Cryptorchidism,
456

CSF
See
Cerebrospinal fluid

Cuboid,
400
,
400
f

Cuboidal (cubical) epithelium,
34
,
34
f

Cuneiform bones,
400
,
400
f

Cushing's syndrome,
225
,
225f

Cutaneous receptors,
156

Cutaneous sensation,
358

Cyanocobalamin
See
Vitamin B
12

Cystic artery,
101
f
,
304

Cystic duct,
295
,
300
f
,
303
,
304
f

Cystic fibrosis,
258

Cystic vein,
102
,
103
f
,
304

Cystitis,
349

Cytokines,
63
,
370

Cytokinesis,
31
,
32
f

Cytoplasm,
28–29

Cytoskeleton,
30
,
30
f

Cytotoxic drugs,
259

Cytotoxic T-cells,
370
,
371
f

D

Dairy foods,
266–267

Dark adaptation,
197

Dead space, anatomical,
249

Deafness,
202

Deamination,
302
,
309

Decibels,
189

Decompression sickness,
113

Decubitus ulcers (pressure ulcers),
363

Deep palmar arch,
98
,
98
f

Deep peroneal nerve,
163
,
163
f
,
164
f

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT),
116

Defaecation,
12
,
278–279
,
299

Defence mechanisms,
13
,
365–378

at body surfaces,
366

digestive system,
292

liver,
302

non-specific,
13
,
366–369

respiratory,
246

saliva,
287

skin,
357

specific,
13
,
366
,
369–373
See also
Immunity

Deferent duct (vas deferens),
13
,
448
,
448
f
,
449
,
449
f