What's the difference between cuticular and lenticular?
Cuticular
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to the cuticle, or external coat of the skin; epidermal.
Example Sentences:
(1) The binding sites were mainly located on the stereocilia, the cuticular plate of hair cells, the head plates of Deiters' cells, fibrous structures in pillar cells, in the spiral limbus and tectorial membrane and basilar membrane, plasma membranes, mitochondria and the chromatin of various kinds of cells.
(2) Each ocellus has a cuticular lens located on the distal end of a cuticular cone which encapsulates the receptor cells.
(3) The S character of Drosophila simulans, the absence or malformation or both of bristles and other cuticular structures, was described by Comendador (Drosophila Inf.
(4) Alterations of the epicuticular and cuticular structures could be found near the attachment site of the cells.
(5) This paper describes the development of the gland cells and formation of the intra-cuticular lumen and its ultrastructure during engorgement and oviposition in ixodid ticks.
(6) The major differences in the histological anatomy of these larvae were found to be the body diameter, form of lateral alae when present, presence or absence of internal cuticular bars, shape and internal patterns of the excretory columns, and size and number of intestinal cells.
(7) In order to determine the division at which chromosome loss occurs, we estimated the fraction of XO nuclei resulting from X chromosome loss by scoring the phenotype of 47 adult cuticular landmarks in 160 XX-XO mosaics (gynandromorphs) derived from maternal X chromosome loss, and 33 gynandromorphs derived from paternal X chromosome loss.
(8) Thin-layer chromatography of the cuticular lipids of horse flies from Oklahoma revealed that hydrocarbon was the major lipid class present.
(9) 2(1) At 800-1,200 micron from the tip of tail, cuticular bosses absent or scarce on the right side of the body (fig.
(10) The cuticular and hair shaft regions were readily decomposed by the wild type or parent strain selected for phenotype studies after exposure to spaceflight parameters.
(11) The scanning electron microscope revealed loss of the regular cuticular pattern, breakage of the edges of the cuticular cells, and wave-like separations of the cuticular cells from the cortex.
(12) The anterior and posterior extremities and cuticular structures of the 3rd-stage larvae (L3) of Anisakis type I, Pseudoterranova decipiens, Contracaecum type B and Hysterothylacium were examined.
(13) They are present in trace amounts in Bruch's membrane but are not detected until after birth in the retinal internal limiting membrane and cuticular and non-pigmented epithelial BM of the ciliary process.
(14) The projections of adult peripheral neurons innervating Ace+ tissue from Ace cuticular clones has been examined to address the nature of the structure of Ace neuropil.
(15) The protein has pronounced similarity to cuticular proteins from larvae of diptera and lepidoptera, but only slight resemblance to the previously sequenced locust exocuticular proteins.
(16) Cuticular collagens from adult worms and infective larvae differ in their susceptibility to proteases that cleave vertebrate collagens and to collagenases prepared from different developmental stages of filarial parasites.
(17) A unique electron-dense, lobulated cuticular deposit covered the majority of the samples studied.
(18) At the proximal end of the tubular body the dendritic sheath and sensory dendrite are anchored to the cuticular socket by a fibrous dome which seems to form a flucrum around which the tubular body can be deflected by movements of the hair.
(19) At the distal tip of the dendrite is a tubular body, a characteristic of cuticular mechanoreceptors.
(20) Each peg is innervated by a single sensory nerve which is anchored eccentrically to a basal cuticular tube and terminates in electron-dense material in the base of the peg.
Lenticular
Definition:
(a.) Resembling a lentil in size or form; having the form of a double-convex lens.
Example Sentences:
(1) This technique has proved extremely useful in our hands and we suggest that it is a useful alternative in the management of coexistent lenticular and corneal opacification.
(2) Volumes of caudate, lenticular, and diencephalic structures are estimated, as are grey matter volumes in eight separate cortical regions.
(3) Lenticular lesions were present in all but two of the 18 patients with detailed ocular examination, whereas corneal opacities were found more often in type II than type I disease.
(4) Theoretically, a circular and lenticular implant is the most appropriate for implantation in the capsular bag.
(5) An immunohistochemical and electron microscopic study of this rare, benign, congenital tumor of lenticular anlage was performed.
(6) The lenticular nucleus was gradually shifted to a posterior location.
(7) Thirty-five cases of congenital lenticular dislocation seen in our Center since 1985 have been studied and analyzed clinically.
(8) basilaris, but in senile dementia ANC were much fewer in the thalamus and lenticular nuclei.
(9) The position, displacement and phase angle of the rotation axis of the ossicles was calculated based on the displacement and phase angle of the umbo, malleus head and lenticular process.
(10) The magnitude of the lenticular abnormality, but not the temporal lobe abnormality, was associated with age at first psychiatric contact; earlier onset was associated with larger lenticular nuclei.
(11) The human lens enzyme, the most stable of the species, maintained nearly 100% of its original activity up to 65 degrees C. Lenticular glutathione reductase activity did not reach zero levels in any of the seven species until a temperature of at least 80 degrees C was attained.
(12) The second had a scleral laceration without corneal or lenticular involvement.
(13) Here we show that the pattern of protein 4.1 variants changes during the terminal differentiation of erythroid and lenticular cells, with novel variants appearing in postmitotic cells.
(14) We studied the changes in central lenticular thickness in 40 porcine corneal specimens subjected to refractive modification on the "Hamburg Refractive Bench."
(15) The calculated deformation of brain presented a hematoma cavity elongated from anterior to posterior direction at the lenticular nucleus.
(16) A high incidence of lenticular and retinal degeneration was associated with megaloglobus.
(17) Adventitious effects, purposeful lenticular changes and adaptations in response to environmental forces are reviewed as possible sources of this astigmatic variability.
(18) Specific antigens were detected in the lens of the eyeball by immunofluorescence test with sera from mice in which ophthalmitis had been induced and the antigens were lenticular proteins with molecular weights (MW) of 15,000 (15K) to 25K, and 45K.
(19) A patient with a retained intra-ocular foreign body had a lens extraction for lenticular chalcosis.
(20) In general, the manufacturers' claims made in favour of the blended lenticular lenses were supported.