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Cassettea light-proof container which holds X-ray film and intensifying screens in close contact | |
Catabolic reactiona reaction in which chemical substances are broken down and energy is released | |
Cathodenegatively charged electrode which produces electrons | |
Cationa positively charged particle | |
Caudal fermenterherbivorous animal whose main microbial fermentation takes place in the large intestine | |
Cella structure bound by a plasma membrane, containing cytoplasm and organelles; the basic structural and functional unit of all living organisms. | |
Central Nervous Systemthe part of the nervous system that consists of the brain and the spinal cord | |
Centriolean organelle composed of microtubules, that is involved in the formation of the spindle during mitosis | |
Centromerethe part of the chromosome to which spindle fibres attach during cell division | |
Cerebrospinal fluidclear fluid produced in the choroid plexus of the ventricles of the brain. It is found in the brain and spinal cord. | |