apical body

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• 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

• apical membrane — the layer of plasma membrane on the apical side (the side towards the lumen) of the epithelial cells in a body tube or cavity, separated from the basolateral membrane by the tight junction …   Medical dictionary

• apical plate — An external sensory organ of a primitive nervous system or cluster of nerve cells at the anterior pole of the body of certain arthropods and annelids …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• apical system — (ECHINODERMATA: Echinoidea) Plates surrounding the body organs of sea urchins, found at the dorsal or aboral pole of the test; see coronal system …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• apical meristem — The meristem at the tips of stems and roots. Composed of undifferentiated cells, many of which divide to add to the plant body but the central mass (the quiescent centre) remains inert and only becomes active if the meristem is damaged. Also… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• Nissl body — Image of a Nissl stained histological section through the rodent hippocampus showing various classes of neurons …   Wikipedia

• primary body — noun : the parts and appendages of the root and stem of a plant that are built up from apical meristems compare secondary body …   Useful english dictionary

• limosphere — ˈlīməˌsfi(ə)r noun Etymology: limo (from Latin limus mud) + sphere : an apical body near the blepharoplast of the spermatozoid of some bryophytes comparable to the acroblast in animals …   Useful english dictionary

• Healing of periapical lesions — Apical periodontitis is typically the body’s defense response to the threat of microbial invasion from the root canal. [Lopez Marcos, JF. Aetiology, classification and pathogenesis of pulp and periapical disease, Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal… …   Wikipedia

• angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction       any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …   Universalium

• plant development — Introduction       a multiphasic process in which two distinct forms succeed each other in alternating generations. One form, created by the union of sexual cells (gametes (gamete)), contains two sets of similar chromosomes (diploid). At sexual… …   Universalium