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Cementum

thin layer of bony material that fixes the teeth to the mandible 


Central nervous system (CNS)

part of the nervous system made up of the brain and spinal cord


Centrioles

bundles of microtubules that organise the nuclear spindle during cell reproduction


Cervix

the passage that lies between the uterus and the vagina, and which dilates during sexual intercourse and parturition


Cestodes

tapeworms


Chondroblasts

cells which form endochondral ossification forming chondrocytes in the growing cartilage


Chordae tendinae

threadlike fibrous tissue cords that anchor the papillary muscle of the heart to the bicuspid and tricuspid valves


Chromatin

material of which chromosomes are composed


Chromosome

threadlike structure of DNA, RNA and protein, found within the cell nucleus


Chronic

ongoing or long term



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