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21 terms starting with C
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Learn more about Cardiac arrest
Cardiac arrest
The heart stops beating and there is no effective circulation of blood to the body, so that the brain and other organs rapidly become starved of oxygen (See also: HYPOXIA or ANOXIA)
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Learn more about Catheter
Catheter
A tube which is inserted into any body part to withdraw or introduce fluids.
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Learn more about Cerebellum
Cerebellum
Area at the back of the brain, below the cerebral hemispheres, involved in the control of movement, co-ordination, posture and balance.
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Learn more about Cerebral
Cerebral
Concerning the brain.
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Learn more about Cerebral angiogram
Cerebral angiogram
An X-ray picture of the blood vessels inside the head. A drug is injected via the groin artery to outline these cerebral vessels.
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Learn more about Cerebral anoxia
Cerebral anoxia
A complete interruption of the supply of oxygen to the brain.
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Learn more about Cerebral hypoxia
Cerebral hypoxia
A partial interruption of the supply of oxygen to the brain, which becomes inadequate to maintain normal brain function.
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Learn more about Cerebral ischaemia
Cerebral ischaemia
A deficiency of blood supply to brain tissue, due to an interruption or reduction of arterial blood flow.
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Learn more about Cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF)
Cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF)
Liquid which fills the ventricles of the brain and surrounds the brain and spinal cord.
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Learn more about Cerebrum
Cerebrum
This is the largest part of the human brain, which occupies most of the skull cavity. It is made up of the two cerebral hemispheres.
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Learn more about Chorea
Chorea
Brief, involuntary jerky movements involving the limbs and face, seen in a number of brain disorders and following brain injury.
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Learn more about Closed head injury
Closed head injury
Damage to the brain where there is no penetration from the scalp or skull through to brain tissue. Often there is no injury to scalp or skull.
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Learn more about Coma
Coma
A state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness.
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Learn more about Confabulation
Confabulation
Verbalisations about people, places or events with no basis in reality.
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Learn more about Contracoup
Contracoup
Bruising of the brain tissue in the side opposite to where the blow was struck.
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Learn more about Contractures
Contractures
Joints and muscles which are not used regularly quickly becoming stiff, and rendering them resistant to stretching.
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Learn more about Cortical blindness
Cortical blindness
Loss of visual function resulting from damage to the main visual areas, which are located in the occipital lobes at the back of the brain.
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Learn more about Cranial nerves
Cranial nerves
A set of 12 pairs of nerves originating in the brainstem, the oldest part of the brain. Functions of the cranial nerves include control of eye movement and blinking.
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Learn more about Craniotomy
Craniotomy
Surgical removal of the skull in small pieces.
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Learn more about CT scan/CAT scan
CT scan/CAT scan
Computerised tomography. A series of X-rays at different levels of the brain. (Tomography is a technique using X-rays to build up a focused image of a "slice" through the body at a given level).
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Learn more about Cyanosis
Cyanosis
A bluish tinge to the skin, caused by a deficiency of oxygen in the blood, and often most apparent around the lips and mouth and in the fingertips.