Crossword-Solution: EPITHELIUM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Epithelium | n. | 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. |
We have 8 clues for the answer “EPITHELIUM”
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| BODY ducts, lining of | 1 answer |
| PRIMARY tissue of body surface | 1 answer |
| body surface covering | 1 answer |
| outer layers of skin | 2 answers |
| BODY cavity lining | 3 answers |
| Epider-mis | 5 answers |
| BODY tissue | 15 answers |
| Layer | 69 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with EPITHELIUM (5)
The tooth resembled a milk canine; the end of the imperfect root was covered with a fold of mucous membrane, with stratified epithelium.
The same speaker also pointed out that the stratified epithelium of the mucous membrane did not prove a connection with the cavity of the mouth, as it is known that cylindric epithelium-cells after irritative processes are replaced by flat ones." Delpech saw a young man in 1829 who had an opening in the palatine vault occasioned by the extraction of a tooth.
According to the review of this article, Toldt explains the case by assuming that other parts of the celomic epithelium, besides that of the mesogastrium, are capable of forming splenic tissue.
The hardened masses of epithelium develop in excess, the epidermal layer loses in integrity, and the surface becomes scaled like that of a fish.
The histology of ainhum shows it to be a direct ingrowth of epithelium, with a corresponding depression of surface due to a rapid hyperplasia that pushes down and strangles the papillae, thus cutting off the blood supply from the epithelial cells, causing them to undergo a horny change.
Quotes with EPITHELIUM (1)
We should not be too quick to dismiss our own [ocular] arrangement. As so often in biology, the situation is more complex..... we have the advantage that our own light-sensitive cells are embedded directly in their support cells (the retinal pigment epithelium) with an excellent blood supply immediately underneath. Such an arrangement supports the continuous turnover of photosensitive pigments. The human retina consumes even more oxygen than the brain, per gram, making it the…