| steroid secretory rate | The rate of glandular secretion of a given steroid, usually expressed as milligrams per day; does not include any amount of the steroid that might be formed extraglandularly. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| IgA, secretory | The principle ig found in exocrine secretions such as milk, respiratory and intestinal mucin, saliva and tears. It is composed of two to four molecules of 7s IgA and one molecule each of j chain and secretory component (sc), also called secretory piece. Molecular weight appr. 400,000. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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) |