- prickle cell layer
- prickle cell layer n STRATUM SPINOSUM
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stratum spinosum.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
prickle cell layer
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prickle cell — noun a cell in the germinal layer of the skin (the prickle cell layer); has many spines and radiating processes • Hypernyms: ↑skin cell * * * noun : a cell found in the germinal layer of the skin having numerous spines or radiating processes… … Useful english dictionary
Prickle cell — A prickle cell is an epidermal cell which lies above the basal cell layer, constituting a stratum spinosum, which forms innumerable intercellular bridges. These intercellular bridges give the stratum spinosum a rough appearance to which the cells … Wikipedia
prickle cells — cells with cytoplasmic processes that form intercellular bridges. The germinative layer of the epidermis is sometimes called the prickle cell layer … Medical dictionary
prickle cells — cells with cytoplasmic processes that form intercellular bridges. The germinative layer of the epidermis is sometimes called the prickle cell layer … The new mediacal dictionary
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
Malpighian layer — Histologic image of the epidermis with its layers named in white text. The Malpighian layer of the skin is a term that is generally defined as both the stratum basale and stratum spinosum as a unit,[1][ … Wikipedia
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
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
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
integument — /in teg yeuh meuhnt/, n. 1. a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind. 2. any covering, coating, enclosure, etc. [1605 15; < L integumentum a covering. See IN 2, TEGUMENT] Syn. 1. cortex, involucre, involucrum. * * * Covering of the body,… … Universalium
