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Granule cell — Not to be confused with granular cells in the kidney. Drawing of Purkinje cells (A) and granule cells (B) from pigeon cerebellum by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, 1899. Instituto Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain. In neuroscience, granule cells… … Wikipedia
large granule cells — L c s (def. 2) … Medical dictionary
small granule cells — S c s (def. 2) … Medical dictionary
Granule (cell biology) — In cell biology, a granule can be any structure barely visible by light microscopy. The term is most often used to describe a secretory vesicle.LeukocytesA group of leukocytes called granulocytes contain granules and play an important role in the … Wikipedia
granule — 1. A grainlike particle; a granulation; a minute discrete mass. 2. A very small pill, usually gelatin or sugar coated, containing a drug to be given in a small dose. 3. A colony of the bacterium or … Medical dictionary
Granule (solar physics) — Granules on the photosphere of the Sun are caused by convection currents (thermal columns, Bénard cells) of plasma within the Sun s convective zone. The grainy appearance of the solar photosphere is produced by the tops of these convective cells… … Wikipedia
Cerebellum granule cell — Neuron: Cerebellar granule cell Granule cells, parallel fibers, and flattened dendritic trees of Purkinje cells Location Cer … Wikipedia
Specific granule — Specific granules are a secretory vesicles found exclusively in cells of the immune system called granulocytes. They are also known as secondary granules . It is sometimes described as applying specifically to neutrophils,cite web… … Wikipedia
Stress granule — NOTOC Stress granules are dense aggregations in the cytosol composed of proteins RNAs that appear when the cell is under stress. The RNA molecules stored are stalled translation pre initiation complexes failed attempts to make protein from mRNA.… … Wikipedia
Babes-Ernst granule — Ba·bes Ernst granule bäb .esh ərn(t)st n a metachromatic granule in protoplasm called also Babes Ernst body Babès Victor (1854 1926) Romanian bacteriologist. In 1888 Babès made two important discoveries. With the German pathologist Paul Ernst he… … Medical dictionary
