| CN | caudate nucleus; cellulose nitrate; charge nurse; child nutrition; chloroacetophenone; clinical nurs... |
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| CNAP | career nurse assistants' programs; compound nerve action potential |
| CNI | center of nuclear image; chronic nerve irritation |
| CNP | community nurse practitioner; continuous negative pressure; cranial nerve palsy; 2',3'-cyclic nucleo... |
| CSNS | carotid sinus nerve stimulation |
| plexus choroideus ventriculi quarti | One of two vascular fringes of pia mater projecting on either side from the lower part of the roof of the fourth cerebral ventricle. Synonym: plexus choroideus ventriculi quarti. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| plexus choroideus ventriculi tertii | The double row of vascular projections from the undersurface of the tela choroidea where it roofs over the third ventricle. Synonym: plexus choroideus ventriculi tertii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plexus coccygeus | A small plexus formed by the fifth sacral and the coccygeal nerves; it gives origin to the anococcygeal nerves. Synonym: plexus coccygeus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plexus coeliacus | coeliac (nervous) plexus |
| plexus coronarius cordis | The continuation of the cardiac plexus onto the coronary arteries. Synonym: plexus coronarius cordis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plexus deferentialis | An autonomic plexus on the seminal vesicle and ampulla of the ductus deferens on each side, derived from the inferior hypogastric plexus. Synonym: plexus deferentialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plexus dentalis inferior | Formed by branches of the inferior alveolar nerve interlacing before they supply the teeth; it gives off interior dental branches to the teeth and inferior gingival branches to the gums. Synonym: plexus dentalis inferior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plexus dentalis superior | Formed by branches of the infraorbital nerve, it gives off superior dental branches to the upper and superior gingival branches to the gums. Synonym: plexus dentalis superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plexus entericus | The autonomic plexus in the wall of the intestine; it consists of three parts, submucosal, myenteric, and subserosal; ganglionic cells are scattered through the myenteric and submucosal plexus. Synonym: plexus entericus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plexus femoralis | An autonomic plexus surrounding the femoral artery, derived from the iliac plexus. Synonym: plexus femoralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plexus gangliosus ciliaris | An autonomic plexus lying on the ciliary muscle, derived from the oculomotor, trigeminal, and sympathetic. Synonym: plexus gangliosus ciliaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plexus gastrici systematis autonomici | The plexus's along the greater and lesser curvatures of the stomach derived from the coeliac plexus; also known as inferior and superior plexus. Synonym: plexus gastrici systematis autonomici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plexus gulae | One of two nervous plexus's, posterior and anterior on the walls of the oesophagus; the first is formed by branches from the right vagus and left recurrent, the second by the anastomosing trunks of the vagus after leaving the pulmonary plexus's; branches supply the mucous and muscular coats of the oesophagus. Synonym: plexus oesophageus, plexus gulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plexus hepaticus | An unpaired autonomic plexus lying on the hepatc artery and its branches in the liver. Synonym: plexus hepaticus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plexus hypogastricus inferior | One of the bilateral autonomic plexus in the pelvis distributed to the pelvic viscera; it receives the hypogastric nerves and the pelvic splanchnic nerves. Synonym: plexus hypogastricus inferior, plexus pelvinus, pelvic plexus. (05 Mar 2000) |