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Canavan’s disease
An autosomal recessive disorder of infants, marked by spongy white matter with Alzheimer’s type II cells. Also called Canavan-van Bogaert-Bertrand disease.
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Canalplasty
Surgery to reopen a narrow, closed, or clogged external auditory canal. It is used, for example, in patients with external otitis that has not responded to medical therapy.
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Canalith repositioning maneuver
Use of the Hallpike maneuver to reposition a canalith in the semicircular canal(s) to relieve benign positional vertigo.
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Vidian canal
A canal in the medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone for transmission of pterygoid (vidian) vessels and nerve.
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Vertebral canal
Canalis vertebralis, the cavity formed by the foramina of the vertebral column. It contains the spinal cord and its meninges.
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Vaginal canal
The cavity of the vagina. The vaginal walls can expand but are normally in contact with each other, thus, the cavity is a potential space.
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Uterocervical canal
The cavity of the cervix of the uterus.
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Sacral canal
A cavity within the sacrum. It is a continuation of the vertebral canal.
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Pyloric canal
The narrow constricted region of the pyloric portion of the stomach that opens through the pylorus into the duodenum.
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Pudendal canal
A canal on the pelvic surface of the obturator internus muscle formed by the obturator fascia. It transmits the pudendal vessels and nerve.
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