| Golgi tendon organ | <cell biology, physiology> A proprioceptive sensory nerve ending embedded among the fibres of a tendon, often near the musculotendinous junction; it is compressed and activated by any increase of the tendon's tension, caused either by active contraction or passive stretch of the corresponding muscle. Synonym: neurotendinous organ, neurotendinous spindle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Golgi type I neuron | <physiology> Nerve cells whose long axons leave the gray matter of which they form a part. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Golgi type II neuron | <physiology> Nerve cells with short axons which ramify in the gray matter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Golgi zone | <cell biology> Part of the cytoplasm occupied by the Golgi apparatus, in secretory cells of exocrine glands, a zone between the nucleus and the luminal surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Golgi's cell | More specifically see: Golgi type I neuron, Golgi type II neuron. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Golgi's osmiobichromate fixative | <chemical> An osmic-bichromate mixture used to demonstrate nerve cells and their processes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Golgi's stain | <technique> Any of several methods for staining nerve cells, nerve fibres, and neuroglia using fixation and hardening in formalin-osmic-dichromate combinations for various times, followed by impregnation in silver nitrate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Golgi's theory | <physiology> The scientific theory that there are interconnections between the axons of Golgi cells and the axons of Deiter cells (both are types of neurons) which play important roles in neurotransmission. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Golgi, Camillo | <person> B. Corteno, Italy, July 7th, 1844. Was Professor of Histology and Anatomy first in Pavia and then in Siena. D. 1926. Golgi's Bodies - intracellular elements or spaces arranged as a network which is known, as a whole, as the Golgi apparatus. Golgi's Cells - nerve cells of the cortex cerebelli. Lived: 1844-1926. (05 Dec 1998) |
| Golgi-Mazzoni corpuscle | <cell biology> An encapsulated sensory nerve ending similar to a pacinian corpuscle but simpler in structure. Tactile corpuscles found in the subcutaneous tissue of the fingertips, resembling pacinian corpuscles, but possessing fewer lamellae and a relatively larger cone, and having the contained fibres more extensively branched. (12 Mar 2000) |
| golgiokinesis | <cell biology> In mitosis, the process of division of the Golgi apparatus and its distribution to the two daughter cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| goliath beetle | <zoology> Any species of Goliathus, a genus of very large and handsome African beetles. Origin: From Goliath, the Philistine giant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Goll's column | gracile fasciculus |
| Goll, Friedrich | <person> Swiss anatomist, 1829-1903. See: Goll's column, nucleus of Goll, tract of Goll. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Goltz syndrome | A genetic skin disease characterised by hypoplasia of the dermis, herniations of fat, and hand anomalies. It is found exclusively in females and transmitted as an x-linked dominant trait. (12 Dec 1998) |