| Auer | John, U.S. Physician, 1875-1948. See: Auer bodies, Auer rods. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Auer bodies | Rod-shaped structures of uncertain nature in the cytoplasm of immature myeloid cells, especially myeloblasts, in acute myelocytic leukaemia; may be an abnormal form of lysosomes; they contain peroxidase and acid phosphatase, and stain red by azure-eosin stains. Synonym: Auer rods. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Auer rods | Rod-shaped structures of uncertain nature in the cytoplasm of immature myeloid cells, especially myeloblasts, in acute myelocytic leukaemia; may be an abnormal form of lysosomes; they contain peroxidase and acid phosphatase, and stain red by azure-eosin stains. Synonym: Auer rods. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Auerbach | Leopold, German anatomist, 1828-1897. See: Auerbach's ganglia, Auerbach's plexus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Auerbach's ganglia | Collections of parasympathetic nerve cells in the myenteric plexus. See: myenteric plexus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Auerbach's plexus | One of two ganglionated neural networks which together form the enteric nervous system. The myenteric (auerbach's) plexus is located between the longitudinal and circular muscle layers of the gut. Its neurons project to the circular muscle, to other myenteric ganglia, to submucosal ganglia, or directly to the epithelium, and play an important role in regulating and patterning gut motility. (12 Dec 1998) |