Glossary
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- Caecum Cecum
- Pouch-like structure that connects the small and large intestines.
- Calcification
- Tissue hardening as a result of calcium deposition.
- Cancer
- Malignant cell growth.
- Capillaries
- Microscopic blood vessels that emerge from the arterioles to form a network that reaches nearly every cell in the body.
- Carbon dioxide
- The gas by-product of exhaling.
- Carcinogen
- A chemical substance or physical agent that can transform a healthy cell into a cancerous cell.
- Carcinogenesis
- The evolution of an invasive cancer from a normal cell.
- Cardiovascular system
- The heart, blood vessels, and the blood. Supplies oxygen to all parts of the body and removes waste materials.
- Carpals
- Eight small bones of the wrist joint, arranged in two rows of 4 bones each. They connect the metacarpal bones of the hand with the radius and ulna of the forearm.
- Cartilage
- Flexible, supportive tissue composed of cells and fibres; found chiefly in the joints, the thorax, and various rigid tubes, such as the larynx and trachea.
