(n.) A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb.
(n.) A rather large spot or blotch of color.
Example Sentences:
(1) (1) Microdissection of an isolated afferent artery with or without macula densa (MD) has revealed that renin release is regulated by NaCl exposure to MD.
(2) The entire macula utricili had disappeared in 10-week specimens.
(3) The auditory function of the sacculus in amphibians is confirmed and special attention is paid to functional heterogeneity of the receptor epithelium in the saccular maculae.
(4) Resorption of soft drusen at the macula in response to laser photocoagulation has been demonstrated previously.
(5) Careful studies have failed to reveal any cause for this excessive permeability response at the macula or any constantly associated medical abnormality.
(6) Morphometric analyses of the macula densa in streptozotocin diabetic rats have revealed, that the volume density of the large lateral intercellular spaces, which are present in normal animals between the macula densa cells, decreases significantly in magnitude from 8.7 to 1.5% in diabetic animals.
(7) Based on experience from 30 patients the usefulness of high resolution B-scan echography and colour Doppler flow imaging for evaluating lesions of the macula is discussed.
(8) Ophthalmoscopic examination disclosed a single, white, elevated mass lesion surrounded by serous retinal detachment located in the upper part of the macula of the right eye.
(9) One hundred thirty-four consecutive eyes with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment involving the macula were evaluated with reference to the effectiveness of systemic steroids in preventing choroidal detachment after scleral buckling surgery and in facilitating both anatomic and functional success.
(10) A directed flow of calcium to developing otoconia from the supporting cells of the maculae is suggested.
(11) We studied sectioned maculae that were obtained from 41 patients with different genetic forms of RP: autosomal dominant (n = 11); X-linked (n = 9); and simplex (n = 21).
(12) Apart from the typical reticular pattern in the macula there were atrophic areas that could have resulted from progression of the dystrophy.
(13) The subjective signs of the syndrome are floating 'moths', photopsias presenting as a 'lateral lightning', sudden appearance of a central macula (central positive scotoma).
(14) Patients with macular lesions and central scotomata had larger amplitudes than patients with normal appearing maculae and no central scotomata.
(15) Examination showed bilateral serous detachment of the macula.
(16) Each hair cell is additionally polarized (III), in that its kinociliary group is inclined toward the plane of the macula surface, forming an angle of 40-60 degrees with it (Figs.
(17) These results demonstrate that the macula densa basement membrane and matrix material between extraglomerular mesangial cells is permeable to high molecular weight molecules and suggest unhindered diffusion of water and solutes within this area.
(18) An in vitro preparation of the saccular nerve, maintained in parallel, served to indicate the potential neural contribution to overall release from the macula.
(19) The cells are bound by maculae adherentes, zonulae occludentes and desmosome-like structures.
(20) In the distal tubule a macula densa segment was found in all nephrons of the reptilian and mammalian type.
Maculae
Definition:
(pl. ) of Macula
Example Sentences:
(1) (1) Microdissection of an isolated afferent artery with or without macula densa (MD) has revealed that renin release is regulated by NaCl exposure to MD.
(2) The entire macula utricili had disappeared in 10-week specimens.
(3) The auditory function of the sacculus in amphibians is confirmed and special attention is paid to functional heterogeneity of the receptor epithelium in the saccular maculae.
(4) Resorption of soft drusen at the macula in response to laser photocoagulation has been demonstrated previously.
(5) Careful studies have failed to reveal any cause for this excessive permeability response at the macula or any constantly associated medical abnormality.
(6) Morphometric analyses of the macula densa in streptozotocin diabetic rats have revealed, that the volume density of the large lateral intercellular spaces, which are present in normal animals between the macula densa cells, decreases significantly in magnitude from 8.7 to 1.5% in diabetic animals.
(7) Based on experience from 30 patients the usefulness of high resolution B-scan echography and colour Doppler flow imaging for evaluating lesions of the macula is discussed.
(8) Ophthalmoscopic examination disclosed a single, white, elevated mass lesion surrounded by serous retinal detachment located in the upper part of the macula of the right eye.
(9) One hundred thirty-four consecutive eyes with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment involving the macula were evaluated with reference to the effectiveness of systemic steroids in preventing choroidal detachment after scleral buckling surgery and in facilitating both anatomic and functional success.
(10) A directed flow of calcium to developing otoconia from the supporting cells of the maculae is suggested.
(11) We studied sectioned maculae that were obtained from 41 patients with different genetic forms of RP: autosomal dominant (n = 11); X-linked (n = 9); and simplex (n = 21).
(12) Apart from the typical reticular pattern in the macula there were atrophic areas that could have resulted from progression of the dystrophy.
(13) The subjective signs of the syndrome are floating 'moths', photopsias presenting as a 'lateral lightning', sudden appearance of a central macula (central positive scotoma).
(14) Patients with macular lesions and central scotomata had larger amplitudes than patients with normal appearing maculae and no central scotomata.
(15) Examination showed bilateral serous detachment of the macula.
(16) Each hair cell is additionally polarized (III), in that its kinociliary group is inclined toward the plane of the macula surface, forming an angle of 40-60 degrees with it (Figs.
(17) These results demonstrate that the macula densa basement membrane and matrix material between extraglomerular mesangial cells is permeable to high molecular weight molecules and suggest unhindered diffusion of water and solutes within this area.
(18) An in vitro preparation of the saccular nerve, maintained in parallel, served to indicate the potential neural contribution to overall release from the macula.
(19) The cells are bound by maculae adherentes, zonulae occludentes and desmosome-like structures.
(20) In the distal tubule a macula densa segment was found in all nephrons of the reptilian and mammalian type.