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1. [TA] SYN: cone. 2. Posterior staphyloma in myopic choroidopathy. [L. fr. G. konos, cone]

- c. arteriosus [TA] the left or anterosuperior, smooth-walled portion of the cavity of the right ventricle of the heart, which begins at the supraventricular crest and terminates in the pulmonary trunk. SYN: arterial cone, infundibulum (4), pulmonary cone, pulmonary c..

- congenital c. SYN: Fuchs coloboma.

- distraction c. a c. in which the optic nerve passes through the scleral canal in a markedly oblique direction.

- c. elasticus [TA] thicker lower portion of the elastic membrane of the larynx, extending between the cricoid cartilage and the vocal ligaments, the latter actually being a thickening of the free, superior margin of the c. elasticus; SYN: cricovocal membrane, elastic cone.

- coni epididymidis lobules of epididymis, under lobule.

- c. medullaris [TA] the tapering lower extremity of the spinal cord. SYN: medullary cone [TA].

- myopic c. SYN: myopic crescent.

- pulmonary c. SYN: c. arteriosus.

- supertraction c. a reddish yellow c. or ring at the nasal margin of the optic disk, produced by displacement of the retinal pigment epithelium and lamina vitrea of the choroid; occurs in high myopia.

- coni vasculosi SYN: lobules of epididymis, under lobule.

co·nus 'kō-nəs n

1) cap a very large genus (the type of the family Conidae) of tropical marine snails comprising the cones and including many harmless forms and a few chiefly in the southwest Pacific that are highly dangerous because they are capable of biting with the radula and injecting a paralytic venom that has been known to cause death in humans

2) pl co·ni -.nī, -(.)nē CONUS ARTERIOSUS