Epithelial - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: epithelialEpithelial
Of or pertaining to epithelium as epithelial cells epithelial cancer...
Epithelioma
A malignant growth containing epithelial cells called also epithelial cancer...
carcinoma
A form of malignant cancer arising from epithelial tissue The term was earlier applied to all forms of cancer or to certain non malignant forms It is contrasted with sarcoma a malignant form of cancer arising from connective tissue See Cancer...
Cystoplast
A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell a cell concerned in growth...
Ependyma
The epithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and the canal of the spinal cord endyma ependymis...
Epithelium
The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages all glands and their ducts blood vessels and lymphatics serous cavities etc It often includes the epidermis i e keratin producing epithelial cells and it is sometimes restricted to the alimentary canal the glands and their appendages the term endothelium being applied to the lining membrane of the blood vessels lymphatics and serous cavities...
Melanin
A black pigment found in the pigment bearing cells of the skin particularly in the skin of the negro in the epithelial cells of the external layer of the retina then called fuscin in the outer layer of the choroid and elsewhere It is supposed to be derived from the decomposition of hemoglobin...
VerbarMesothelium
Epithelial mesoderm a layer of cuboidal epithelium cells formed from a portion of the mesoderm during the differetiation of the germ layers It constitutes the boundary of the coeliglum...
Mucigen
A substance which is formed in mucous epithelial cells and gives rise to mucin...
Myoepithelial
Derived from epithelial cells and destined to become a part of the muscular system applied to structural elements in certain embryonic forms...
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