Schwalbe corpuscle
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Schwalbe corpuscles etc. — Schwal·be corpuscles, etc. (shvahlґbə) [Gustav Albert Schwalbe, German anatomist, 1844–1917] see under corpuscle, fissure, nucleus, ring, sheath, and space … 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
Schwalbe — Gustav A., German anatomist, 1844–1916. See S. corpuscle, S. nucleus, S. ring, S. spaces, under space … Medical dictionary
bud — 1. An outgrowth that resembles the b. of a plant, usually pluripotential, and capable of differentiating and growing into a definitive structure. 2. To give rise to such an outgrowth. SEE ALSO: gemmation. 3. A small outgrowth from a parent cell;… … Medical dictionary
caliculus gustatorius — [TA] taste bud: one of the minute, barrel shaped terminal organs of the gustatory nerve, situated around the bases of the vallate, fungiform, and foliate papillae of the tongue. It contains several types of cells, including basal cells, taste… … Medical dictionary
space — Any demarcated portion of the body, either an area of the surface, a segment of the tissues, or a cavity. SEE ALSO: area, region, zone. SYN: spatium [TA]. [L. spatium, room, s.] alveolar dead s … Medical dictionary
