(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.
Vessel
Definition:
(n.) A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc.
(n.) A general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel.
(n.) Fig.: A person regarded as receiving or containing something; esp. (Script.), one into whom something is conceived as poured, or in whom something is stored for use; as, vessels of wrath or mercy.
(n.) Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc.
(n.) A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheae), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct.
(v. t.) To put into a vessel.
Example Sentences:
(1) Arterial compliance of great vessels can be studied through the Doppler evaluation of pulsed wave velocity along the arterial tree.
(2) With aging, the blood vessel wall becomes hyperreactive--presumably because of an augmented vasoconstrictor and a reduced vasodilator responsiveness.
(3) Multiple overlapping thin 3D slab acquisition is presented as a magnitude contrast (time of flight) technique which combines advantages from multiple thin slice 2D and direct 3D volume acquisitions to obtain high-resolution cross-sectional images of vessel detail.
(4) In the course of the syndrome development blood vessel permeability was increased in the anterior chamber of the eye.
(5) Aside from these characteristic findings of HCC, it was important to reveal the following features for the diagnosis of well differentiated type of small HCC: variable thickening or distortion of trabecular structure in association with nuclear crowding, acinar formation, selective cytoplasmic accumulation of Mallory bodies, nuclear abnormalities consisting of thickening of nucleolus, hepatic cords in close contact with bile ducts or blood vessels, and hepatocytes growing in a fibrous environment.
(6) Two fully matured specimens were collected from the blood vessel of two fish, Theragra chalcogramma, which was bought at the Emun market of Seoul in May, 1985.
(7) Its pathogenesis, still incompletely elucidated, involves the precipitation of immune complexes in the walls of the all vessels.
(8) In one of the cirrhotic patients, postmortem correlation of sonographic, angiographic, and pathological findings showed that the dilated vessels seen on sonography were cystic veins draining normally into the portal vein rather than portosystemic anastomoses.
(9) The observed pulmonary hypertension is probably the result of the left heart insufficiency and is being discussed with regard of the histopathological alterations in the heart muscle and the pulmonary vessels.
(10) DNA synthesis by endothelium subsequently increased and within 48 hr new blood vessel formation was detected.
(11) There was immediate resolution of paresthesia following mobilization of the impinging vessel from the nerve.
(12) After examining the cases reported in literature (Sacks, Barabas, Beighton Sykes), they point out that, contrary to what is generally believed, the syndrome is not rare and cases, sporadic or familial, of recurrent episodes of spontaneous rupture of the intestine and large vessels or peripheral arteries are frequent.
(13) The relationship between pressure at the functional site of origin of intracranial collateral channels (Pstem) and systemic pressure allows an estimation of the size of vascular channels from which collateral vessels originate.
(14) The release of possible peptide hormones into the interpeduncular cistern, where a pool of cerebrospinal fluid and large blood vessels occur, cannot be excluded.
(15) It is suggested that intra-endothelial conduction of electrical signals from capillaries to the resistance vessels may be involved in the local regulation of blood flow in the intact heart.
(16) Type C-like particles were found inter- and intracellularly in gland and vessel lumina and scattered in the connective tissue.
(17) We have characterized the effects of adenosine, the A1-receptor agonist N6-(L-2-phenylisopropyl)-adenosine (PIA) and the A2-receptor agonist 5'-(N-ethyl)-carboxamido-adenosine (NECA), in isolated human pulmonary vessels.
(18) It appears that the viscosity of the arterial wall must be the major source of attenuation in the larger arteries, while the viscosity of the blood plays a significant role only in the smaller vessels.
(19) In the choroid, VIP-immunoreactive fibers were seen mainly in close association with the choroidal blood vessels.
(20) Resistance vessels play a predominant role in limiting systemic arterial pressure in the orthostatic position.