Medicine and Anatomy by Letter - C

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The largest part of the large intestine, shares its name with punctuation	Colon
A doctor who is specialized in the heart and circulatory system	Cardiologist
DNA is divided into 23 pairs of these, the last pair being XX or XY	Chromosome
The transparent covering of the front part of the eye, important for refracting light	Cornea
Light-sensitive cells in the eye, along with rods, that allow you to see colour	Cones
The smallest blood vessels, where the most exchange of oxygen and nutrients takes place	Capillaries
Bodily fluid that surrounds and cushions the brain and spinal cord	Cerebrospinal fluid
The lower part of the uterus, the body part that is examined with a Pap smear	Cervix
The lowest part of the spine and an evolutional remnant of the tail, also called tailbone	Coccyx
Area of the brain behind the brainstem that coordinates movements	Cerebellum
Eight small bones that make up the wrist	Carpal bones
Arteries that can be found in the neck and that supply the head and brain with blood	Carotid arteries
The heelbone, the largest bone of the foot	Calcaneus
'Stress hormone' that is often used as medication and then called hydrocortisone	Cortisol
The most commonly fractured bone, and the only long bone to lie horizontally	Collarbone
A group of diseases that are all characterized by uncontrolled multiplication of cells	Cancer
A rubbery tissue that covers the ends of bones and gives shape to the ear and nose	Cartilage
Any condition that is long-lasting and cannot be cured, like asthma or diabetes	Chronic condition
Caused by a reaction to gluten, causes the immune system to damage the small intestine	Coeliac disease
An artery that supplies blood to the heart itself	Coronary artery
Anti-cancer treatment that is injected into the veins and can cause hair to fall out	Chemotherapy
Deadly bacterial infection that causes watery diarrhoea and is spread through unsafe water	Cholera

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