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Carotinoid pigmentspigments contained in fruits and seeds | |
Cartilagespecialised connective tissue that is more rigid than dense connective tissue but more flexible than bone | |
Caudaltowards the tail | |
Cementumthin 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 | |
Centriolesbundles of microtubules that organise the nuclear spindle during cell reproduction | |
Cervixthe passage that lies between the uterus and the vagina, and which dilates during sexual intercourse and parturition | |
Cestodestapeworms | |
Chondroblastscells which form endochondral ossification forming chondrocytes in the growing cartilage | |
Chordae tendinaethreadlike fibrous tissue cords that anchor the papillary muscle of the heart to the bicuspid and tricuspid valves | |