- coccygeal gland
- coccygeal gland n GLOMUS COCCYGEUM
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glomus coccygeum.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
coccygeal gland
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coccygeal gland — noun 1. also coccygeal body : a small mass of vascular tissue situated near the tip of the coccyx 2. : the oil gland near the base of the tail of a bird … Useful english dictionary
Coccygeal glomus — Section of an irregular nodule of the glomus coccygeum. X 85. The section shows the fibrous covering of the nodule, the bloodvessels within it, and the epithelial cells of which it is constituted. Latin glomus coccygeum … Wikipedia
coccygeal body — noun see coccygeal gland 1 … Useful english dictionary
gland — An organized aggregation of cells functioning as a secretory or excretory organ. SYN: glandula (1) [TA]. [L. glans, acorn] accessory g. a small mass of glandular structure, detached from but lying near another and larger g., to which it is… … Medical dictionary
arterial gland — noun : any of certain small masses of vascular and chromaffin tissue found in several parts of the body (as the carotid and coccygeal glands) … Useful english dictionary
glomus coccygeum — glomus coc·cy·ge·um käk sij ē əm n a small mass of vascular tissue situated near the tip of the coccyx called also coccygeal body, coccygeal gland, Luschka s gland * * * [TA] coccygeal body: an oval structure consisting of irregular masses of … Medical dictionary
body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the … Medical dictionary
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chromaffin cells — 1. a type of APUD cells that stain readily with chromium salts, their cytoplasmic granules taking on a characteristic brown color; they are found especially in cells of the adrenal medulla and in paraganglia of the coccygeal gland and carotid… … Medical dictionary
nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… … Universalium
