SYN: center. [L. fr. G. kentron]
- c. medianum SYN: centromedian nucleus.
- c. medullare SYN: c. semiovale.
- c. ossificationis [TA] SYN: center of ossification.
- c. ossificationis primarium [TA] SYN: primary center of ossification.
- c. ossificationis secundarium [TA] SYN: secondary center of ossification.
- c. ovale SYN: c. semiovale.
- c. semiovale the great mass of white matter composing the interior of the cerebral hemisphere; the name refers to the general shape of this white core in horizontal sections of the hemisphere. SYN: c. medullare, c. ovale, medullary center, semioval center, Vicq d'Azyr c. semiovale, Vieussens c..
- c. tendineum diaphragmatis [TA] SYN: central tendon of diaphragm.
- c. tendineum perinei [TA] SYN: central tendon of perineum.
- c. of a vertebra 1. the ossification center of the central mass of the body of a vertebra; 2. body of vertebra (as distinct from the arches).
- Vicq d'Azyr c. semiovale SYN: c. semiovale.
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1) the center esp. of an anatomical part
2) the body of a vertebra ventral to the neural arch
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n. (pl. centra)
the solid rod-shaped central portion of a vertebra.
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cen·trum (senґtrəm) pl. cenґtra [L., from Gr. kentron] 1. [TA] a center. 2. the large, central portion of the body of a vertebra, formed from the cranial and caudal portions of adjacent sclerotomes and ossified from a single center.Medical dictionary. 2011.