| C6 | sixth cervical nerve; sixth cervical vertebra; sixth component of complement |
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| C7 | seventh cervical nerve; seventh cervical vertebra; seventh component of complement |
| CS | calf serum; campomelic syndrome; carcinoid syndrome; cardiogenic shock; caries-susceptible; carotid ... |
| CSPINE | corticosteroid use, seropositive RA, peripheral joint destruction, involvement of cervical nerves, n... |
| HVL | Half-Value Layer |
| deep artery of penis | Origin, terminal branch (with dorsal artery of penis) of the internal pudendal artery; distribution, corpus cavernosum of the penis via capillary beds and via helcine arteries and arteriovenous anastomoses to produce erection. Synonym: arteria profunda penis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| deep artery of thigh | <anatomy, artery> Origin, femoral; branches, lateral circumflex femoral, medial circumflex femoral, terminating in three or four perforating arteries. Synonym: arteria profunda femoris, deep artery of thigh. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep artery of tongue | <anatomy, artery> Termination of lingual artery, distribution, muscles and mucous membrane of under surface of tongue. Synonym: arteria profunda linguae, arteria ranina, deep artery of tongue, ranine artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep auricular artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, first part of maxillary; distribution, articulation of jaw, parotid gland, and external acoustic meatus and external tympanic membrane; anastomoses, auricular branches of superficial temporal and posterior auricular. Synonym: arteria auricularis profunda. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep bite | <dentistry> Excessive overbite, closed bite. (08 Jan 1998) |
| deep brachial artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, brachial; distribution, humerus and muscles and integument of arm; anastomoses, posterior circumflex humeral, radial recurrent, recurrent interosseous, ulnar collateral, i.e., articular vascular network of elbow. Synonym: arteria profunda brachii, deep brachial artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep branch | Branch which passes deeply, beneath, or farther from surface; usually in contrast to a superficial branch. Synonym: ramus profundus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep branch of the lateral plantar nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Motor branch of lateral plantar nerve supplying lumbricals 2-4, plantar and dorsal interossei, and the adductor hallucis muscles. Synonym: ramus profundus nervi plantaris lateralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep branch of the medial femoral circumflex artery | <anatomy, artery> Distributed to posterior aspect of femoral head and neck. Synonym: ramus profundus arteriae circumflexae femoris medialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep branch of the medial plantar artery | <anatomy, artery> Branch running deep to abductor hallucis, supplying it and the flexor hallucis brevis muscle deep to the artery and the skin of the medial side of the distal foot. Synonym: rami profundi arteriae circumflexae femoris medialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep branch of the radial nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The deep terminal branch of the radial nerve, arises in the cubital region, penetrating and supplying the supinator and continuing with the posterior interosseous artery to supply all the extensor muscles in the forearm. Synonym: nervus interosseus posterior, nervus antebrachii posterior, deep branch of the radial nerve, dorsal interosseous nerve, nervus interosseus dorsalis, posterior antebrachial nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep branch of the ulnar nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Accompanies deep palmar branch of ulnar artery and deep palmar arch to supply wrist joint, lumbricals 3 & 4, palmar and dorsal interossei adductor pollicis and deep head of flexor pollicis brevis muscles. Synonym: ramus profundus nervi ulnaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep cardiac plexus | The deeper part of the cardiac plexus. Synonym: plexus cardiacus profundus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep cell | <embryology> Cells (blastomeres) in the teleost blastula that lie between the outer cell layer and the yolk syncytial layer and are the cells from which the embryo proper is constructed during gastrulation, much studied in the fish, Fundulus. (18 Nov 1997) |
| deep cerebral veins | The numerous veins draining the deep structures of the cerebral hemispheres; they empty into the tributaries of the great cerebral vein. Synonym: venae cerebri profundae. (05 Mar 2000) |