| CPU | caudate putamen; central processing unit |
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| LCN | lateral cervical nucleus; left caudate nucleus; lipocalin |
| RCN | right caudate nucleus; Royal College of Nursing |
| caud | caudal |
| CCN | caudal central nucleus; community care network; coronary care nursing; critical care nursing |
| anaesthesia, caudal | Epidural anaesthesia administered via the sacral canal. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| caudal | <anatomy> Denoting a position more toward the cauda or tail, than some specified point of reference, same as inferior, in human anatomy. (18 Nov 1997) |
| caudal anaesthesia | Regional anaesthesia by injection of local anaesthetic solution into the epidural space via the sacral hiatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caudal canal | The space occupied by the sacral extension of the epidural space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caudal flexure | The bend in the lumbosacral region of the embryo. Synonym: sacral flexure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caudal ligament | Fibrous bands, remnants of the notochord, that extend from the skin to the coccyx, forming the coccygeal foveola. Synonym: retinaculum caudale, caudal ligament, ligamentum caudale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caudal neuropore | The temporary opening at the extreme caudal end of the neural tube in early embryos; closes at the 25th somite stage. Synonym: posterior neuropore. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caudal neurosecretory system | urohypophysis |
| caudal pancreatic artery | Origin, splenic artery near the left gastroepiploic; distribution, the tail of the pancreas; anastomoses, with other pancreatic arteries. Synonym: arteria caudae pancreatis, caudal pancreatic artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caudal pharyngeal complex | The ultimobranchial body associated with the embryonic fourth and transitory fifth pharyngeal pouches. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caudal retinaculum | Fibrous bands, remnants of the notochord, that extend from the skin to the coccyx, forming the coccygeal foveola. Synonym: retinaculum caudale, caudal ligament, ligamentum caudale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caudal sheath | A group of microtubules arranged cylindrically around the caudal pole of the nucleus in a developing spermatozoon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caudal transtentorial herniation | Displacement of medial temporal structures through the incisura, with or without rostrocaudal brainstem shift. Synonym: uncal herniation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caudal transverse fissure | A transverse fissure on the visceral surface of the liver between the caudate and quadrate lobes, lodging the portal vein, hepatic artery, hepatic nerve plexus, hepatic ducts, and lymphatic vessels. Synonym: caudal transverse fissure, portal fissure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caudal vertebrae | The vertebrae that form the skeleton of the tail. (05 Mar 2000) |