Hassall bodies

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• Hassall corpuscles — spherical or ovoid bodies found in the medulla of the thymus, composed of concentric arrays of epithelial cells which contain keratohyalin and bundles of cytoplasmic filaments. Called also Hassall bodies and concentric, Leber, or thymus c s.… …   Medical dictionary

• Hassall-Henle bodies — are small transparent growths on the posterior surface of Descemet s membrane at the periphery of the cornea. These bodies contain collagenous matter in which numerous cracks and fissures are filled with extrusions of the corneal epithelium. The… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Hassall corpuscles (bodies) — Has·sall corpuscles (bodies) (hasґəl) [Arthur Hill Hassall, English chemist and physician, 1817–1894] see under corpuscle …   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

• Arthur Hill Hassall — (13 December 1817, Teddington 9 April 1894, San Remo) was a British physician, chemist and microscopist who is primarily known for his work in public health and food safety.He entered medicine through apprenticeship in 1834 to his uncle Sir James …   Wikipedia

• 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

• 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

• Virchow — Rudolf L.K., German pathologist and politician, 1821–1902. See V. angle, V. cells, under cell, V. corpuscles, under corpuscle, V. crystals, under crystal, V. disease, V. node, V. psammoma, V. Holder angle, V. Hassall bodies, under body, V. Robin… …   Medical dictionary

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