(a.) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or medulla.
(a.) Pertaining to the medula oblongata.
(a.) Filled with spongy pith; pithy.
Example Sentences:
(1) Pathological and immunocytochemical data supported the diagnosis of medullary thyroid carcinoma.
(2) While the heaviest anterogradely labeled ascending projections were observed to the contralateral ventral posterolateral nucleus of the thalamus, pars oralis (VPLo), efferent projections were also observed to the contralateral ventrolateral thalamic nucleus (VLc) and central lateral (CL) nucleus of the thalamic intralaminar complex, magnocellular (and to a lesser extent parvicellular) red nucleus, nucleus of Darkschewitsch, zona incerta, nucleus of the posterior commissure, lateral intermediate layer and deep layer of the superior colliculus, dorsolateral periaqueductal gray, contralateral nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis and basilar pontine nuclei (especially dorsal and peduncular), and dorsal (DAO) and medial (MAO) accessory olivary nuclei, ipsilateral lateral (external) cuneate nucleus (LCN) and lateral reticular nucleus (LRN), and to a lesser extent the caudal medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) and caudal nucleus prepositus hypoglossi (NPH), and dorsal medullary raphe.
(3) This case was diagnosed as thyroid medullary carcinoma-like tumor of the lung, which is a bronchopulmonary carcinoid-related tumor.
(4) These results are consistent with a possible physiological role for medullary TRH in the vagal regulation of gastric contractility.
(5) The results suggest that Ce projections to a variety of medullary sites arise from separate populations of neurons with partially overlapping distributions in the medial Ce.
(6) Single shocks applied to medullary pressor sites evoked a train of spikes in the interneurons.
(7) High levels of both enzymes were reached noticeably earlier during development in PCT and PST than in medullary thick ascending limb, which emphasizes metabolic heterogeneity of developing rat kidney nephron.
(8) A 99mTc-MDP scan was done on a patient with liver metastases from a medullary thyroid carcinoma who, in addition, had a familial history of multiple endocrine neoplasm, type 2.
(9) An unusual case of medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland with melanin production is described.
(10) The commonly used line-to-line reaming technique was compared to an underreaming technique using both four-fifths and one-third porous-coated anatomic medullary locking (AML) implants.
(11) Medullary carcinoma is an unusual malignant neoplasm.
(12) Electrical stimulation of the contralateral superior colliculus evoked monosynaptic field potentials which were largest in the caudal pontine reticular formation rostral to the abducens nucleus and in the rostral part of the medullary reticular formation caudal to the abducens nucleus.
(13) Papillary and medullary tissue solute concentrations were progressively reduced at the higher rates of infusion.
(14) The biological behavior of medullary thyroid carcinoma was more aggressive in the MEN type IIb.
(15) With a single exception, the medullary reticular nuclei contained no neurons with thalamic connections; a small number of reticulo-thalamic neurons were found in the ventral pontine area.
(16) It was shown that neglect of this factor caused regular underestimation of the assessment of medullary doses, patients were exposed to, during x-ray procedures.
(17) Four samples of thymoma obtained from patients affected by myasthenia gravis have been immunohistologically analysed on cryostat sections using a panel of antisera and monoclonal antibodies specific for antigens which define different stages of intrathymic lymphocyte differentiation and antigens specific for different types of thymic epithelial cells (cortical, medullary).
(18) The technique was applied to extracts of bovine posterior pituitaries and a human medullary thyroid carcinoma.
(19) The differential diagnosis has to include fibroadenoma, fibrocystic disease, mastitis, abscess, and medullary carcinoma.
(20) Sexual cords were seen in 6 patients and medullary tubules in 9.