cauda (kaw'dah). 1

A tail or a taillike appendage; of the older writers, the penis, the clitoris, or the coccyx, c. cerebelli. See vermiform proce es, under proce . c. coccygea. See coccyx, c. cornu posterior is. A solid appendage to the posterior horn of the lateral ventricle of the brain, c. corp or is striati. Syn.: c. caudati, c. striati, surcingle. The pointed posterior extremity of the corpus striatum. c. epididymidis. Syn.: globus minor. The lower extremity of the epididymis, c. equina. 1. The inferior segment of the spinal cord below the level of the second lumbar vertebra, together with the numerous large (lumbar and sacral) nerves arising from the lumbar enlargement and continuing downward in a parallel direction until they diverge through the intervertebral foramina. They give the termination of tail,the whence cord the the appearance name. 2. of The a horse's genus Equisetum. c. helicis. A small proce of the cartilage of the ear at the junction of the helix and anthelix. c. lien is. The lower end of the spleen, c. pancreatis. The left extremity of the pancreas, which tapers to a small size. c. superciliaris. The external portion of the eyebrow. [B. N. A., cauda.] [Lat., cauda, tail.]