What's the difference between goblet and stem?

Goblet


Definition:

  • (n.) A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Immunoreactivity was observed in the sub-nuclear region of foveolar cells, with specialized gland and goblet cells in atrophic gastritis being negative.
  • (2) On dissected mucosa stained by the PAS-alcian blue whole-mount method the density and distribution of goblet cells in various parts of the middle ear was determined in 13 children, ranging in age from 9 days to 14 years.
  • (3) Goblet cells and mucin production appeared only on the 20th-21st day of gestation.
  • (4) Acidic mucus containing goblet cells have been revealed using Alcian blue staining when added to the PAS stained cells in conditions that have previously been shown to have reduced goblet cell population when assessed by PAS-haematoxylin staining.
  • (5) For ciliated cells and goblet cells no special characteristical distribution was noticed.
  • (6) These findings suggest that a marked increase in goblet cells of the airways is a feature characteristic of patients with BA who die of a severe acute attack.
  • (7) Previous statements that the density of goblet cells is increased in nasal allergy could not be confirmed quantitatively, but investigation of larger materials is called for before any conclusions may be drawn.
  • (8) Focal goblet cell metaplasia was seen in six specimens (27%), but in two of the six (33%), it was not in the carcinogenic segment.
  • (9) Four principal, terminally differentiated cell types populate the monolayer, enterocytes, goblet cells, Paneth cells, and enteroendocrine cells.
  • (10) In the adult period, alpha-L-fucose residues, detected by UEA-I, were localized in the glycoproteins contained in goblet cells and periciliary layer of the rat airway epithelium.
  • (11) The ileal mucosa adjacent to the neoplasm had morphologic features of large-bowel mucosa and was richly populated by sulfomucin-containing goblet cells, which are characteristic of large-bowel mucosa.
  • (12) This demonstrates that in intestinal goblet cells (i) the trans-tubular network does not constitute a compartment distinct from trans cisternae, and (ii) structures corresponding to GERL are structurally and functionally part of the Golgi apparatus.
  • (13) Anti-HCM MAbs stained goblet cells from other sites within the gastrointestinal tract to a varying extent.
  • (14) The binding of 5 lectins (wheat germ, Dolichos bifluros, peanut, soybean, and Ulex europeus) was found to be independent of the stage of differentiation; "pre-differentiated" columnar cells which had prominent microvilli and no or few mucous secretory granules had identical staining patterns as well-differentiated goblet cells with large numbers of secretory granules.
  • (15) The cystic duct and neck of the gallbladder occasionally displayed goblet cells.
  • (16) Soluble A-substances were present in mucus secretory granules of intestinal goblet cells and those of stomach and gall bladder mucous cells.
  • (17) Goblet cells in the proximal colon of infected animals seemed to respond as those in the distal small intestine.
  • (18) The adjacent conjunctiva appeared normal except for a possible slight decrease in goblet cells.
  • (19) In positive cases, estradiol localization was recognized in the epithelial cell of mucinous tumors to various degrees, but there was no estradiol localization in admixed goblet like cells.
  • (20) The percentage of goblet cells in the total cell population decreased from proximal to distal major airways, with the lowest percentage being seen in the infant with established BPD.

Stem


Definition:

  • (v. i.) Alt. of Steem
  • (n.) Alt. of Steem
  • (n.) The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top.
  • (n.) A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry.
  • (n.) The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
  • (n.) A branch of a family.
  • (n.) A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow.
  • (n.) Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
  • (n.) Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached.
  • (n.) That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean.
  • (n.) The entire central axis of a feather.
  • (n.) The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.
  • (n.) The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc.
  • (n.) The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.
  • (v. t.) To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves.
  • (v. t.) To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.
  • (v. t.) To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current.
  • (v. i.) To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, CT will be insensitive in the detection of the more cephalic proximal lesions, especially those in the brain stem, basal cisterns, and skull base.
  • (2) Based on our results, we propose the following hypotheses for the neurochemical mechanisms of motion sickness: (1) the histaminergic neuron system is involved in the signs and symptoms of motion sickness, including vomiting; (2) the acetylcholinergic neuron system is involved in the processes of habituation to motion sickness, including neural store mechanisms; and (3) the catecholaminergic neuron system in the brain stem is not related to the development of motion sickness.
  • (3) The examination of the standard waves' amplitude and latency of the brain stem auditory evoked response (BAEP) was performed in 20 guinea pigs (males and females, weighing 250 to 300 g).
  • (4) A previous trial into the safety and feasibility of using bone marrow stem cells to treat MS, led by Neil Scolding, a clinical neuroscientist at Bristol University, was deemed a success last year.
  • (5) Proliferation of quiescent hematopoietic stem cells, purified by cell sorting and evaluated by spleen colony assay (CFU-S), was investigated by measuring the total cell number and CFU-S content and the DNA histogram at 20 and 48 hours of liquid culture.
  • (6) The last stems from trends such as declining birth rate, an increasingly mobile society, diminished importance of the nuclear family, and the diminishing attractiveness of professions involved with providing maintenance care.
  • (7) Following BHT administration, the alveolar stem cells (type II pneumocytes) proliferate and differentiate according to a biphasic pattern, with proliferative peaks at d 3 and 7.
  • (8) In testing the contribution of the long, curved stem to the torsional stability of uncemented prostheses by comparing it with other stems, the long, curved stem was the most stable, followed by a shorter straight stem, and a short, proximally curved stem.
  • (9) For example, stem pairing with a sequence other than wild-type resulted in normal protein binding in vitro but derepression of protein synthesis in vivo.
  • (10) These results indicate that this population (approximately 0.1% of bone marrow) may contain the pluripotent hematopoietic stem cell.
  • (11) Brain-stem CBF varied the most but did not correlate with clinical signs of brain-stem dysfunction.
  • (12) We infer from these results that endotoxin ameliorates the cyclical changes in blood cell counts by regulating hematopoietic proliferative activity at the stem cell level.
  • (13) The effects of inhibitors of aldehyde dehydrogenase activity on the sensitivity of murine pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells to oxazaphosphorine anticancer agents, e.g.
  • (14) Three strains of fluorescent pseudomonads (IS-1, IS-2, and IS-3) isolated from potato underground stems with roots showed in vitro antibiosis against 30 strains of the ring rot bacterium Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.
  • (15) This has stemmed from an inadequate understanding of the mechanisms involved in the formation and propagation of this condition.
  • (16) We therefore think that the detailed examination of CALLA(-) non-T non-B ALL cells using myeloid specific antibodies is helpful in clarifying the characteristics of myeloid precursors and the common bipotential stem cell of lymphoid and myeloid progenitors.
  • (17) Imaging studies had shown no change in his brain stem lesion, which at autopsy was found to be a focal collection of fibrillary astrocytes.
  • (18) These cells were hypothesized to be the stem cells for the corneal epithelium.
  • (19) Auditory brain stem potentials (ABP) were recorded in 27 patients with Bell's palsy during the early phase of the disease and 1-3 months later.
  • (20) The results indicate that stimulation of trigeminal subnucleus caudalis, a brain stem region that processes nociceptor afferent information, evokes a prompt increase in plasma ACTH.