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(kor'po-rab) Latin for bodies; ural or corpus. ce. albican’tia, ‘“ whitish ies ’’; two pea-like bodies at the base of the brain, behind the tuber cinereum: called also the bulbs of anterior crura of the fornix. c. amyl a’cea, “starchy bodies "’; small, starch-like ma es found in the prostate, neuroglia, etc. c. aran’tii, small tubercles, one in each of the semilunar valves of the aorta and pulmonary arteries. c. arena’cea, grains of a sand-like substance sometimes found in the ma es of papillomata. Called also sand bodies. Ο. Caverno’sa, “ cavernous bodies’: the two erectile columns of the dorsum of the penis (c. caver no’sa pe'nis) or clitoris (c. caver no’sa clit or’- idis). c. fla’va, waxy bodies found in the central nervous system and elsewhere, and thought to be formed by the transformation of nerve-cells. c. malpighia’na. Sce malpighian body, under body. c. Oliva’ria, two oval ma es behind the id of the oblong at a. c. quadrigem’ina, * fourfold bodies "᾿; the four oval ma es (two nates and two testes) behind the third ventricle of the brain. c. restiform i a, “ rope-like bodies” the two cord-like columns of the oblong at a which are continuous with the inferior peduncle of the cerebellum. c. santoria’na. Same as_ cornicula laryngis. c. stria’ta, “striped bodies”; two bodies, one on the floor of either lateral ventricle: named from the striped appearance of their jection. c. versicolor a’‘ta. Same as c. amy-