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Carotinoid pigments

pigments contained in fruits and seeds


Cartilage

specialised connective tissue that is more rigid than dense connective tissue but more flexible than bone


Caudal

towards the tail


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



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