| Kuhne's plate | The endplate of a motor nerve fibre in a muscle spindle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Kuhne's spindle | A fusiform end organ in skeletal muscle in which afferent and a few efferent nerve fibres terminate; it contains from 3 to 10 striated muscle fibres (intrafusal fibres) that are much smaller than the ordinary muscle fibres, are separated from them by a capsule that encloses the organ, and are innervated by the thin axon of a gamma motoneuron (gamma motor fibre); the sensory endings that occur on the intrafusal fibres are either annulospiral or flower spray endings; this sensory end organ is particularly sensitive to passive stretch of the muscle in which it is enclosed. Synonym: Kuhne's spindle, muscle spindle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kuhnt | Hermann, German ophthalmologist, 1850-1925. See: Kuhnt's spaces, Kuhnt-Junius degeneration, Kuhnt-Junius disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kuhnt's spaces | Shallow diverticula or recesses between the ciliary body and ciliary zonule which open into the posterior chamber of the eye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kuhnt-Junius degeneration | An obsolete eponym for disciform degeneration. Synonym: Kuhnt-Junius disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kuhnt-Junius disease | An obsolete eponym for disciform degeneration. Synonym: Kuhnt-Junius disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kukang | <zoology> The slow lemur. (21 Mar 1998) |
| kulan | <zoology> See Koulan. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Kulchitsky | Nicholas, Russian histologist, 1856-1925. See: Kulchitsky cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kulchitsky cells | Cell's with granules that may be either argentaffinic or argyrophilic; the cell's, scattered throughout the digestive tract, are of several varieties and are believed to produce at least 20 different gastrointestinal hormones and neurotransmitters. Synonym: enterochromaffin cells, Kulchitsky cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kulchitsky, Nicholas | <person> B. Kronstadt, 1856. Was an Anatomist and a Histologist. Taught first in his own University of Kharkov and in 1893 became Professor of Histology. Later was appointed Director of Education in Kasan and in 1915 went ot St. Petersburg. After the revolution came to England and worked at University College, London. D. Jan. 30th, 1925, as the result of an accident at the College. Kulchitsky's Cells - in the epithelium of the small intestine. Lived: 1856-1925. (05 Dec 1998) |
| Kulz | Rudolph E., German physician, 1845-1895. See: Kulz's cylinder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kulz's cylinder | A renal cast of strongly refracting granules said to be indicative of imminent coma in diabetes. Synonym: Kulz's cylinder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kummel | A Russian and German liqueur, consisting of a sweetened spirit flavored with caraway seeds. Origin: G. Kummel cumin, caraway seed, L. Cuminum. Cf. Cumin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Kummell | Hermann, German surgeon, 1852-1937. See: Kummell's spondylitis. (05 Mar 2000) |