spinous layer
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layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam … Medical dictionary
Investing layer of deep cervical fascia — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = lamina superficialis fasciae cervicalis GraySubject = 111 GrayPage = 388 Caption = Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli. Caption2 … Wikipedia
skin — skinlike, adj. /skin/, n., v., skinned, skinning, adj. n. 1. the external covering or integument of an animal body, esp. when soft and flexible. 2. such an integument stripped from the body of an animal, esp. a small animal; pelt: a beaver skin.… … Universalium
stratum — One of the layers of differentiated tissue, the aggregate of which forms any given structure, such as the retina or the skin. SEE ALSO: lamina, layer. [L. sterno, pp. stratus, to spread out, strew, ntr. of pp. as noun, s., a bed cover, layer] s.… … Medical dictionary
Epidermis — The upper or outer layer of the two main layers of cells that make up the skin. The epidermis is mostly made up of flat, scale like cells called squamous cells. Under the squamous cells are round cells called basal cells. The deepest part of the… … Medical dictionary
Oral mucosa tissue engineering — Tissue engineering of oral mucosa combines cells, materials and engineering to produce a three dimensional reconstruction of oral mucosa. It is meant to simulate the real anatomical structure and function of oral mucosa. Tissue engineered oral… … Wikipedia
stratum spinosum — stratum spi·no·sum spi nō səm n, pl strata spi·no·sa sə the layers of prickle cells over the layer of the stratum basale capable of undergoing mitosis called also prickle cell layer see malpighian layer * * * … Medical dictionary
dystrophy — Progressive changes that may result from defective nutrition of a tissue or organ. SYN: dystrophia. [dys + G. trophe, nourishment] adiposogenital d. a disorder characterized primarily by obesity and hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism … Medical dictionary
acanthosis — An increase in the thickness of the stratum spinosum of the epidermis. [acantho + G. osis, condition] glycogenic a. elevated gray white plaques of distal esophageal or vaginal mucosa, with … Medical dictionary
Keratin 2A — protein Name = keratin 2A caption = width = HGNCid = 6439 Symbol = KRT2A AltSymbols = EntrezGene = 3849 OMIM = 600194 RefSeq = NM 000423 UniProt = P35908 PDB = ECnumber = Chromosome = 12 Arm = q Band = 11 LocusSupplementaryData = q13Keratin 2A is … Wikipedia
