| CNI | center of nuclear image; chronic nerve irritation |
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| CNP | community nurse practitioner; continuous negative pressure; cranial nerve palsy; 2',3'-cyclic nucleo... |
| CSNS | carotid sinus nerve stimulation |
| DCN | data collection network; deep cerebral nucleus; delayed conditioned necrosis; depressed, cognitively... |
| DNR | daunorubicin; do not resuscitate; dorsal nerve root |
| hyaloid canal | A minute canal running through the vitreous from the discus nervi optici to the lens, containing in foetal life a prolongation of the central artery of the retina, the hyaloid artery. See: vitreous, hyaloid artery. Synonym: canalis hyaloideus, central canal of the vitreous, Cloquet's canal, Stilling's canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| hypoglossal canal | The canal through which the hypoglossal nerve emerges from the skull. Synonym: canalis hypoglossalis, anterior condyloid canal of occipital bone, anterior condyloid foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| small canal of chorda tympani | A canal leading from the facial canal to the tympanic cavity through which the chorda tympani nerve enters this cavity. Synonym: canaliculus chordae tympani, iter chordae posterius, small canal of chorda tympani. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sondermann's canal | A blind outpouching of Schlemm's canal, extending toward, but not communicating with, the anterior chamber of the eye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spinal canal | The canal that contains the spinal cord, spinal meninges, and related structures. It is formed by the vertebral foramina of successive vertebrae of the articulated vertebral column. Synonym: canalis vertebralis, spinal canal, tubus vertebralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spiral canal of cochlea | The winding tube of the bony labyrinth which makes two and a half turns about the modiolus of the cochlea; it is divided incompletely into two compartments by a winding shelf of bone, the bony spiral lamina. Synonym: canalis spiralis cochleae, Rosenthal's canal, spiral canal of cochlea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spiral canal of modiolus | <anatomy> The space in the modiolus in which the spiral ganglion of the cochlear nerve lies. Synonym: canalis spiralis modioli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nasolacrimal canal | The bony canal formed by the maxilla, lacrimal bone, and inferior concha that transmits the nasolacrimal duct from the orbit to the inferior meatus of the nose. Synonym: canalis nasolacrimalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stilling's canal | A minute canal running through the vitreous from the discus nervi optici to the lens, containing in foetal life a prolongation of the central artery of the retina, the hyaloid artery. See: vitreous, hyaloid artery. Synonym: canalis hyaloideus, central canal of the vitreous, Cloquet's canal, Stilling's canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neural canal | The canal within the embryonic neural tube; the primordium of the central canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neurenteric canal | A transitory communication between the neural tube, notochordal canal, and gut endoderm in vertebrate embryos, including humans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subsartorial canal | The space in middle third of the thigh between the vastus medialis and adductor muscles, converted into a canal by the overlying sartorius muscle. It gives passage to the femoral vessels and saphenous nerve, ending at the adductor hiatus. Synonym: canalis adductorius, Hunter's canal, subsartorial canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| notochordal canal | Invagination of the blastopore into the notochordal process to form a cavity. See: neurenteric canal. Synonym: notochordal canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient canal | A canal in the shaft of a long bone or in other locations in irregular bones through which the nutrient artery enters a bone. Synonym: canalis nutricius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deferent canal | The secretory duct of the testicle, running from the epididymis, of which it is the continuation, to the prostatic urethra where it terminates as the ejaculatory duct. Synonym: deferent canal, deferent duct, spermatic duct, spermiduct, testicular duct, vas deferens. (05 Mar 2000) |