cord

(kord) [L. chor’da; Gr. xopé4]. Any long, rounded, and flexible body or organ. Braun's c’s, strings of cells which have been observed in the kidney of the early embryo. Ferrein’s c., the lower, or true vocal cords. pangliated c., the tri splanchnic nerve. genital c., a structure in the embryo formed by the union of the two wolfian and the two miillerian ducts. gubermacular c. Same as gubernaculum testis. lumbosacral c., a nerve-trunk from branches of the fourth and fifth lumbar nerves: it extends to the sacral plexus. merve-c., any nerve-trunk or bundle of nerve-fibers. sexual c’s, the seminiferous tubules during the early fetal stage. spermatic ¢., the structure by which the testicle is suspended. spinal c., the myelon; that part of the central nervous axis which is lodged in the vertebral canal. umbilical c., the flexible structure which extends from the placenta to the fetal umbilicus. vocal c’s, the membranous bands in the larynx by which the sounds of the voice are produced. They consist of the superior or false cords, and the inferior or true cords. The latter extend from the wings of the thyroid cartilage to the arytenoid cartilage. Weitbrecht’s c., the annular ligament of the elbow. Wilde’s c’s, the transverse strie of the corpus callosum. Will is’ c., cords of fibrous ti ue running transversely acro the lower angle of the superior longitudinal sinus.