gelatinous substance

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• gelatinous substance of posterior horn of spinal cord — substantia gelatinosa cornu posterioris medullae spinalis …   Medical dictionary

• central gelatinous substance of spinal cord — substantia gelatinosa centralis medullae spinalis …   Medical dictionary

• substance — Stuff; material. SYN: substantia [TA], matter. [L. substantia, essence, material, fr. sub sto, to stand under, be present] alpha s. SYN: reticular s. (1). anterior perforated s. [TA] a region at the base …   Medical dictionary

• gelatinous matrix — An external glandular substance secreted by some invertebrates, into which the eggs are embedded or deposited …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• mucilage —   Gelatinous substance; in cycads comprising complex water soluble carbohydrates and produced in response to stress or wounding …   Expanded glossary of Cycad terms

• Star jelly — Star jelly, or pwdre sêr, is an alleged compound purportedly deposited on the earth during meteor showers. It is described as a foul smelling, gelatinous substance, which tends to evaporate shortly after having fallen.There have been reports of… …   Wikipedia

• insect — insectival /in sek tuy veuhl/, adj. /in sekt/, n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two… …   Universalium

• Substantia gelatinosa centralis — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = substantia gelatinosa centralis medullae spinalis GraySubject = 185 GrayPage = 753 Caption = Substantia gelatinosa centralis is Rexed lamina X, labeled at center. Caption2 = System = Precursor = MeshName =… …   Wikipedia

• Lamina — A plate or layer. For example, the lamina arcus vertebrae, usually just called the lamina, are plates of bone in each vertebral body. * * * SYN: plate (1). SEE ALSO: layer, stratum. [L] l. affixa [TA] that part of the medial ependymal wall of the …   Medical dictionary

• mechanoreception — See mechanoreceptor. * * * Ability to detect and respond to mechanical stimuli in one s environment. A slight deformation of a mechanoreceptive neuron causes an electric charge at its surface, activating a response. Mechanoreceptors in pain spots …   Universalium

• hydrocellulose — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at hydro + noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary hydr + cellulose; probably originally formed in French : a substance obtained as a gelatinous mass or a fine powder by the partial hydrolysis of cellulose usually by means… …   Useful english dictionary