- fusiform cell
- spindle c.
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fusiform cell
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Fusiform — means having a spindle like shape that is wide in the middle and tapers at both ends.* Aneurysms can be classified as saccular or fusiform * In botany, a fusiform cell or other plant structure is spindle like and tapers at both ends * A body… … Wikipedia
Fusiform — Fu si*form, a. [L. fusus spindle + form: cf. F. fusiforme.] Shaped like a spindle; shaped like a cylinder that tapers at each end; as, a fusiform root; a fusiform cell. Syn: cigar shaped. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… … Medical dictionary
fusiform initial — noun : an elongated tapering cell in the cambium that through repeated division gives rise to vertically arranged cells compare ray initial … Useful english dictionary
Ganglion cell — Infobox neuron neuron name = Ganglion cell image neuron = Gray624.png caption neuron = Various forms of nerve cells. A. Pyramidal cell. B. Small multipolar cell, in which the dendrites quickly divides into numerous branches. C. Small fusiform… … Wikipedia
spindle cell — noun Date: 1878 a fusiform cell (as in some tumors) … New Collegiate Dictionary
spindle cell — noun : a fusiform cell; especially : a slender nucleated element that is the thrombocyte of a lower vertebrate and is equivalent in function to the blood platelet of higher forms … Useful english dictionary
Red blood cell — Human red blood cells (6 8μm) Red blood cells (abbreviated RBCs; also referred to as erythrocytes or simply, as red cells[1]) are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate organism s principal means of delivering oxygen (O2) to the… … Wikipedia
Martinotti cell — Mar·ti·not·ti cell or Mar·ti·not·ti s cell .mär ti nät ē(z) n a multipolar fusiform nerve cell in the deepest layer of the cerebral cortex with axons ascending into the layer of pyramidal cells Mar·ti·not·ti .mär tē nȯt tē Giovanni (1857 1928)… … Medical dictionary
spindle cell — n a spindle shaped cell (as in some tumors) * * * any of various types of cells having a spindle shape; called also fusiform c … Medical dictionary
