| chromophobe granules | Granule's that do not stain or stain poorly with the ordinary dyes; such granule's are present in some cells in the anterior lobe of the pituitary. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mucinogen granules | Granule's that produce mucin, as in cells of the salivary glands and in the gastric and intestinal mucosae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Crooke's granules | Lumpy masses of basophilic material in the basophil cells of the anterior lobe of the pituitary, associated with Cushing's disease, or following the administration of ACTH. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cytoplasmic granules | Stored products of a cell's metabolic activity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| prosecretion granules | Granule's in the cytoplasm of a cell indicative of a preliminary step in the formation of a secretory product. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Schuffner's granules | Fine, round, uniform red or red-yellow dot's (as coloured with Romanovsky stains) characteristically observed in erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium vivax and P. Ovale, but not ordinarily found in P. Malariae and P. Falciparum infections. Synonym: Schuffner's granules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Neusser's granules | Tiny basophilic granule's sometimes observed in an indistinct zone about the nucleus of a leukocyte. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Nissl granules | The material consisting of granular endoplasmic reticulum and ribosomes that occurs in nerve cell bodies and dendrites. Synonym: basophil substance, basophilic substance, chromophil substance, Nissl bodies, Nissl granules, substantia basophilia, tigroid bodies, tigroid substance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| juxtaglomerular granules | Osmophilic secretory granule's present in the juxtaglomerular cells, thought to contain renin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| keratohyalin granules | Irregularly shaped basophilic granule's in the cells of the stratum granulosum of the epidermis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Langley's granules | Granule's in serous secreting cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fordyce's granules | A condition marked by the presence of numerous small, yellowish white bodies or granules on the inner surface and vermilion border of the lips; histologically the lesions are ectopic sebaceous glands. Synonym: Fordyce's disease, Fordyce's granules, pseudocolloid of lips. (05 Mar 2000) |