| intercellular digestion | Digestion in a cavity by means of secretions from the surrounding cells, such as occurs in the metazoa. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| intercellular | Between cells: can be used either in the sense of connections between cells (as in intercellular junctions) or as an antonym for intra cellular. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| intercellular adhesion molecule | See: ICAM. (18 Nov 1997) |
| intercellular adhesion molecule-1 | <chemical> A cell-surface ligand with a role in leukocyte adhesion and inflammation. Its production is induced by gamma-interferon and it is required for neutrophil migration into inflamed tissue. Chemical name: Glycoprotein ICAM 1 (human clone pHRVr1 deblocked protein moiety reduced) (12 Dec 1998) |
| intercellular bridges | Slender cytoplasmic strands connecting adjacent cells; in histological sections of the epidermis and other stratified squamous epithelia, the bridge's are processes attached by a desmosome and are shrinkage artifacts of fixation; true bridge's with cytoplasmic confluence exist between incompletely divided germ cells. Synonym: cell bridges, cytoplasmic bridges. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercellular canaliculus | One of the fine channels between adjoining secretory cells, such as those between serous cells in salivary glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercellular cement | A hypothetical adhesive substance formerly believed to occur between some epithelial cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercellular junctions | Direct contact of a cell with a neighboring cell. most such junctions are too small to be resolved by light microscopy, but they can be visualised by conventional or freeze-fracture electron microscopy, both of which show that the interacting cell membrane and often the underlying cytoplasm and the intervening extracellular space are highly specialised in these regions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| intercellular lymph | The fluid in the potential spaces between cells in the various organs and tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anaerobic digestion | A biochemical process by which organic matter is decomposed by bacteria in the absence of oxygen, producing methane and other byproducts. (05 Dec 1998) |
| buccal digestion | That part of digestion carried on in the mouth; e.g., the action of salivary amylases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pancreatic digestion | Digestion in the intestine by the enzymes of the pancreatic juice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gastric digestion | That part of digestion, chiefly of the proteins, carried on in the stomach by the enzymes of the gastric juice. Synonym: peptic digestion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| peptic digestion | That part of digestion, chiefly of the proteins, carried on in the stomach by the enzymes of the gastric juice. Synonym: peptic digestion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary digestion | Digestion in the alimentary tract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| salivary digestion | The conversion of starch into sugar by the action of salivary amylase. (05 Mar 2000) |