| A | B |
| cardiotoxic | harmful to the heart |
| cardiologist | physician who treats heart problems |
| trabeculae carneae | ridges of muscle in the ventricles of the heart |
| carotene | an orange pigment |
| carotid | arteries in the neck |
| catabolism | chemical breakdown |
| caudal | at or near the tail |
| cecum | a blind ended pouch of the large intestine |
| celiac artery | in the abdomen |
| cephalometer | an instrument for measuring the head |
| cerebrospinal | pertaining to the brain and the spinal cord |
| cervix | the neck of the uterus |
| optic chiasma | where the optic nerves cross |
| cholecystitis | inflammation of the gallbladder |
| chondrogenic | giving rise to cartilage |
| chromosome | named because they stain darkly |
| ciliated | having small hairs |
| circumnuclear | surrounding the nucleus |
| clavicle | a skeleton key- bone that attaches the shoulder to the sternum |
| concentric | together in the center |
| coccyx | a beak shaped bone (tail bone) |
| chochea | coil shaped bone in inner ear |
| coelom | the ventral body cavity |
| gray commissure | connects two columns of gray matter |
| nasal conchae | coiled shelves of bone in the nasal cavity |
| stratum corneum | outer layer of the skin composed of horny cells |