Hooper, Robert [Editor]: The Anatomist's Vade-Mecum: Containing The Anatomy, Physiology, Morbid Appearances, &c. Of The Human Body ; The Art of making Anatomical Preparations, &c. To which are added Anatomical, Physiological, Medical, And Surgical Examinations For Students (London, 1811)

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Choroid. Fiona j^wjiw the chorion, and nhs likenels; so
called on account of the many blood-vessels resembling
the choiion.

ClavicCla. The clavicle, or collar-bone, a diminutive of clavis

a key ; so called from its resemblance to an ancient key.
Clinoid. Four processes of the sella turcica of the ethmoid

bone are so called; from axivn a bed, and stio; likeness; from

their supposed resemblance to a couch.
Clitoris. A part of the female pudenda, enclosed by the labia

mqjora; from»X£i&) to enclose or hide.
Colon. The first of the large intestines; from y.aXov, quasi

xciXov, from xoiXo? hollow ; it generally being found empty,

and full of wind, in the dead body.
Condyle. An eminence in any of the joints; x.ov^v'Kc?, from

kqvSv an ancient cup shaped like a joint.
CoraCo. Names compounded with this word belong to

muscles which are attached to the coracoid process of the

scapula; as coraco hyoideus, &c.
Coracoid. From a crow, and ei^o? resemblance; shaped

like the beak of a crow.
Coronary. From corona a crown. The vessels of the heart,

stomach, &c. are so called, because they surround the parts

in the manner of a crown.
Coronoid. A process so called, from nagavn a crow, and s^o?

likeness ; from its resemblance to a crow's beak.
Cotyloid. From y.orvXn the name of an old measure, and

Bt^og resemblance ; resembling the kotule.
Cran'iUM. The skull; »gayiov, quasi xa^ayiov, from xaoa the

head.

Cremasteh. A muscle so called; from n^jxaoo to suspend;

because it suspends the testicle.
Cribriform. From cribrum a sieve; it being perforated

like a sieve.