| hyaline bodies | Homogeneous eosinophilic inclusions in the cytoplasm of epithelial cells; in renal tubules, hyaline body's represent droplets of protein reabsorbed from the lumen. See: Mallory bodies, drusen. Synonym: fuchsin bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| hyaline bodies of pituitary | Accumulations of a gelatinous neurosecretory substance in the axons of the hypothalamohypophyseal tract in the posterior lobe of the hypophysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Negri bodies | Eosinophilic, sharply outlined, pathognomonic inclusion body's (2 to 10 um in diameter) found in the cytoplasm of certain nerve cells containing the virus of rabies, especially in Ammon's horn of the hippocampus. Synonym: Negri corpuscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nissl bodies | Large granular basophilic bodies found in the cytoplasm of neurons, composed of rough endoplasmic reticulum and free polyribosomes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nuclear inclusion bodies | See: inclusion bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Deetjen's bodies | <haematology> A discoid cell (3m diameter) found in large numbers in blood, important for blood coagulation and for haemostasis by repairing breaches (small breaks) in the walls of blood vessels. Platelet _ granules contain lysosomal enzymes, dense granules contain ADP (a potent platelet aggregating factor) and serotonin (a vasoactive amine). They also release platelet-derived growth factor which presumably contributes to later repair processes by stimulating fibroblast proliferation. Synonym: thrombocytes. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Dohle bodies | Discrete round or oval body's ranging in diameter from just visible to 2 um, which stain sky blue to gray blue with Romanowsky stains, found in neutrophils of patients with infections, burns, trauma, pregnancy, or cancer. Synonym: Dohle inclusions, leukocyte inclusions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Donovan's bodies | Clusters of blue or black staining, bipolar chromatin condensations in large mononuclear cells in granulation tissue infected with Calymmatobacterium granulomatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inclusion bodies | <cell biology> Nuclear or cytoplasmic structures with characteristic staining properties, usually found at the site of virus multiplication. Semi crystalline arrays of virions, capsids or other viral components. (13 Nov 1997) |
| inclusion bodies, viral | An area showing altered staining behaviour in the nucleus or cytoplasm of a virus-infected cell. Some inclusion bodies represent "virus factories" in which viral nucleic acid or protein is being synthesised; others are merely artifacts of fixation and staining. One example, negri bodies, are found in the cytoplasm or processes of nerve cells in animals that have died from rabies. (12 Dec 1998) |
| quadrigeminal bodies | See: inferior colliculus, superior colliculus. Synonym: corpora quadrigemina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interrenal bodies | Distinct paired or unpaired structures in all fishes, which lie in close proximity to the kidney, homologous to the cortical tissue of the mammalian adrenal gland. Synonym: interrenal glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| onion bodies | An obsolete term for epithelial nest. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tigroid bodies | 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) |
| elementary bodies | Old term for virions, especially the largest virus particles, visible by light microscopy when stained. Synonym: platelet. (05 Mar 2000) |