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polkissen of Zimmermann — SYN: extraglomerular mesangium. [Ger. Polkissen, pole + cushion] … Medical dictionary
Juxtaglomerulärer Apparat — Schema eines Nierenkörperchens und ihm anliegender Strukturen. A: Nierenkörperchen, B: Hauptstück, C: Mittelstück, D: Juxtaglomerulärer Apparat. 5a. intraglomeruläre Mesangiumzellen, 5b extraglomeruläre Mesangiumzellen, 6. juxtaglomeruläre Zellen … Deutsch Wikipedia
Juxtaglomerular apparatus — The prefix juxta comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close. The juxtaglomerular apparatus is a collective term referring to the cells near a structure called the glomerulus in the kidney. The juxtaglomerular cells are… … Medical dictionary
mesangium — A central part of the renal glomerulus between capillaries; mesangial cells are phagocytic and for the most part separated from capillary lumina by endothelial cells. [mes + G. angeion, vessel] extraglomerular m … Medical dictionary
Zimmermann — Karl W., German histologist, 1861–1935. See Z. corpuscle, Z. granule, Z. elementary particle, polkissen of Z.. Wilhelm, German physician, *1910. See Z. reaction, Z. test … Medical dictionary
lacis cells — lacelike cells in the pale staining polkissen of the juxtaglomerular apparatus of the kidney; they have numerous processes to connect gap junctions and are thought to provide electrical coupling among themselves and to the mesangium and… … Medical dictionary
lacis — la·cis (laґsis) [Fr. “networkâ€] polkissen … Medical dictionary
