C. obliqua

Oblique or round ligament of the elbow joint, c. spermatic a. The spermatic chord, c. spinal is. The spinal cord [B. N. A.], chordae tendineae. Small tendinous cords, which connect the ends of the musculi papilla res of the heart with the segments of the auriculoventricular valves, being attached to the free margins and ventricular surfaces of the latter and serving to bring them into more complete coaptation and prevent inversion during systole, c. tympani. A branch from the facial nerve, given off as the latter pa es vertically downward at the back of the tympanum, which traverses the cavity of the tympanum and the canal is chordae tympani to join the gustatory nerve, c. umbilical is. See umbilical cord, under cord. e. venae umbilical is. The round ligament. liver, c. vertebral is. See spinal cord, under cord. chordae vocales. See vocal bands, under band. [Gr., korde, cord.]