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  • 11lamellar corpuscle — lamellated corpuscle an encapsulated nerve ending in which the connective tissue capsule takes the form of concentric layers of flattened cells; the term is sometimes used as a synonym of pacinian corpuscle, a type of lamellar corpuscle …

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  • 12corpuscle — 1. A small mass or body. 2. A blood cell. SYN: corpusculum. [L. corpusculum, dim. of corpus, body] amnionic c. SYN: corpus amylaceum. amylaceous c., amyloid c. SYN: corpus amylaceum. articular corpuscles …

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  • 13skin — 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.… …

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  • 14lamellar — 1. Arranged in thin plates or scales. SYN: lamellate, lamellated. 2. Relating to lamellae. * * * la·mel·lar lə mel ər adj 1) composed of or arranged in lamellae <lamellar bone> 2) LAMELLIFORM * * * la·mel·lar (lə melґər) 1.… …

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  • 15Lamellate — Lam el*late, Lamellated Lam el*la ted, a. [See {Lamella}.] Composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales. See Illust. of {Antenn[ae]}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 16Tissue (biology) — This article is about biological tissue. For other uses, see Tissue. Cross section of sclerenchyma fibers in plant ground tissue …

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  • 17Serpentine group — The serpentine group describes a group of common rock forming hydrous magnesium iron phyllosilicate ((magnesium, iron)3silicon|2oxygen|5hydroxide|4) minerals; they may contain minor amounts of other elements including chromium, manganese, cobalt… …

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  • 18Morpho (butterfly) — Taxobox name = Morpho Butterfly image width = 250px image caption = Menelaus Blue Morpho, Morpho menelaus regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera unranked familia = Rhopalocera superfamilia = Papilionoidea… …

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  • 19Ewing's sarcoma — Infobox Disease Name = Ewing sarcoma Caption = X Ray of a child with Ewing sarcoma of the tibia DiseasesDB = 4604 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|170.9 ICDO = 9260/3 | OMIM = 133450 MedlinePlus = 001302 eMedicineSubj = ped eMedicineTopic = 2589 MeshID =… …

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  • 20Eimer's organ — Eimer s organs are sensory organs in which the epidermis is modified to form bulbous papillae. First isolated by Theodor Eimer from the European mole in 1871, these organs are present in many moles, and are particularly common in the star nosed… …

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