| corpus vitreum | The transparent gel that fills the inner portion of the eyeball between the lens (lens, crystalline) and the retina. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| corpuscle | 1. A small mass or body. 2. A blood cell. Synonym: corpusculum. Origin: L. Corpusculum, dim. Of corpus, body (05 Mar 2000) |
| corpuscula | Plural of corpusculum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corpuscula articularia | Encapsulated nerve terminations within joint capsules. Synonym: corpuscula articularia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corpuscula bulboidea | Nerve terminals in skin, mouth, conjunctiva, and other parts, consisting of a laminated capsule of connective tissue enclosing the terminal, branched, convoluted ending of an afferent nerve fibre; generally believed to be sensitive to cold. Synonym: corpuscula bulboidea, bulboid corpuscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corpuscula genitalia | Special encapsulated nerve endings found in the skin of the genitalia and nipple. Synonym: corpuscula genitalia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corpuscula lamellosa | Small oval bodies in the skin of the fingers, in the mesentery, tendons, and elsewhere, formed of concentric layers of connective tissue with a soft core in which the axon of a nerve fibre runs, splitting up into a number of fibrils that terminate in bulbous enlargements; they are sensitive to pressure. Synonym: corpuscula lamellosa, pacinian corpuscles, Vater's corpuscles, Vater-Pacini corpuscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corpuscula nervosa terminalia | Generic term denoting specialised encapsulated nerve endings such as the articular, bulboid, genital, lamellated, and tactile corpuscles, and the tactile meniscus. Synonym: corpuscula nervosa terminalia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corpuscular | Relating to a corpuscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corpuscular lymph | Lymph containing a relatively large number of leukocytes, but comparatively little fibrinogen; such lymph does not form a good clot and manifests only a slight tendency to become organised. Synonym: corpuscular lymph. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corpuscular radiation | Radiation consisting of streams of subatomic particles such as protons, electrons, neutrons, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corpusculum | Synonym: corpuscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corpusculum renis | The tuft of glomerular capillaries and the capsula glomeruli that encloses it. Synonym: corpusculum renis, malpighian corpuscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corpusculum tactus | One of numerous oval bodies found in the papillae of the skin, especially those of the fingers and toes; they consist of a connective tissue capsule in which the axon fibrils terminate around and between a pile of wedge-shaped epithelioid cells. Synonym: corpusculum tactus, Meissner's corpuscle, oval corpuscle, touch corpuscle. (05 Mar 2000) |