concentric corpuscle
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corpuscle — 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 … Medical dictionary
Pacinian corpuscle — Infobox Anatomy Name = Pacinian corpuscle Latin = corpusculum lamellosum GraySubject = 233 GrayPage = 1060 Caption = Pacinian corpuscle, with its system of capsules and central cavity. a. Arterial twig, ending in capillaries, which form loops in… … Wikipedia
lamellar 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 … Medical dictionary
Hassall's corpuscle — Has·sall s corpuscle has əlz n one of the small bodies of the medulla of the thymus having granular cells at the center surrounded by concentric layers of modified epithelial cells called also thymic corpuscle Hassall Arthur Hill (1817 1894)… … Medical dictionary
Pacini corpuscle — pacinian corpuscle a type of large, ovoid, rapidly adapting, encapsulated nerve ending sensitive to pressure, touch, and vibration. The most complicated of the nerve endings, its core contains the nonmyelinated nerve terminal and its Schwann… … Medical dictionary
Hassall — Arthur, British physician, 1817–1894. See H. bodies, under body, H. concentric corpuscle, under corpuscle, H. Henle bodies, under body, Virchow H. bodies, under body … Medical dictionary
Thymus — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 274 GrayPage = 1273 Caption = Thymus Caption2 = The thymus of a full term fetus, exposed in situ. Precursor = third branchial pouch System = Artery = derived from internal mammary artery,… … Wikipedia
Neuron — This article is about cells in the nervous system. For other uses, see Neuron (disambiguation). Brain cell redirects here. For other uses, see Glial cell. Neuron: Nerve Cell … Wikipedia
animal development — Introduction the processes that lead eventually to the formation of a new animal starting from cells derived from one or more parent individuals. Development thus occurs following the process by which a new generation of organisms is produced by … Universalium
History of Physics — History of Physics † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of Physics The subject will be treated under the following heads: I. A Glance at Ancient Physics; II. Science and Early Christian Scholars; III. A Glance at Arabian Physics; IV.… … Catholic encyclopedia
