(a.) Having the form of a net, or of network; formed with interstices; retiform; as, reticular cartilage; a reticular leaf.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a reticulum.
Example Sentences:
(1) These results indicate that both racemic and L-baclofen inhibit trigeminal transmission in man, probably because they interfere with excitatory transmission through the interneurons of the lateral reticular formation.
(2) 14 rats were studied for the nigro-reticular projection.
(3) The use of functional test with the ACTH administration demonstrated organic affection of the CNS to sharply aggravate the weakening and even the exhaustion of the functional reserves of the glomerular and the reticular zones of the adrenal cortex developing during thyrotoxicosis, and also the reserve possibilities of the sympathico-adrenal system.
(4) SPRs were elicited either by stimulating the reticular formation or the distal end of the median nerve.
(5) 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.
(6) Proenkephalin A-related immunoreactive neuronal perikarya were detected in the central gray, reticular formation, nucleus raphes, trapezoid body, nucleus parabrachialis lateralis and medialis, nucleus spinalis nervi trigemini, nucleus dorsalis nervi vagi, and in the nucleus tractus solitarii.
(7) 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.
(8) The lymphographic pattern was that of a malignant lymphoma: enlarged nodes, with a foamy, linear or reticular appearance but mostly preserved marginal sinuses.
(9) The other is more anaplastic, assoicated with a loss of reticular fibers surrounding the cells and an alveolar arrangement.
(10) 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.
(11) The ultrastructural study of nucleoli and ribonucleoprotein-containing structures in human seminiferous tubules revealed that the nucleoli of spermatogonia, spermatocytes and Sertoli cells exhibited a tripartite structure consisting of: a fibrillar center, a compact granular portion, and a reticular portion containing both pars fibrosa and pars granulosa.
(12) ); it inhibited the increase in discharges from Ia afferent fibers, gamma-motor activity, which was induced by stimulation of the reticular formation.
(13) In comparison, type I collagen showed a similar distribution to osteonectin in both fetal and adult tissues, whereas type III collagen was generally restricted to the periodontal ligament, reticular elements of the endosteal spaces, and Sharpey's fibers in bone and cementum.
(14) The predominant region consists of reticular cells, lymphocytes, a variety of other leucocytes, and cells undergoing division.
(15) ruber, anterodorsolateral midbrain tegmentum, superior and inferior colliculi, pontine gray, cerebral peduncles, medial pontine reticular formation, raphe and vestibular nuclei did not affect the acoustic structure of the calls tested.
(16) Terminals were localized to the ventrolateral reticular formation, including the lateral reticular nucleus.
(17) First, vasculitis extending deep into the reticular dermis or subcutaneous tissue seemed to be associated more often with systemic disease such as malignancy or connective tissue disease.
(18) Besides numerous cutaneous and subcutaneous metastatic nodules there were areas of blue-black coloring which showed a fine and reticular pattern.
(19) The therapy with clonazepam gave good results supporting the etiological hypothesis of an alteration of the neurons at level of the mesencephalic reticular system.
(20) In some endocrine cells (those of the adenohypophysis and the islets of Langerhans), the microtubules exhibited a radial or reticular distribution in the cytoplasm, and intense fluorescence was observed in the perinuclear region.
Reticulate
Definition:
(a.) Alt. of Reticulated
Example Sentences:
(1) This situation highlights the potential importance of molecules with different inheritance patterns in elucidating complex cases of reticulate evolution.
(2) Reticulate acropigmentation of Kitamura in a mother and her daughter is reported.
(3) Dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis is a rare heritable disorder consisting of a triad of cutaneous findings including reticulate hyperpigmentation, noncicatricial alopecia, and onychodystrophy.
(4) MRI delineated discrete lesions, typical of cavernous angiomas, with a mixed hyperintense, reticulated, central core surrounded by a hypointense rim.
(5) Finally we noted that the complete photoozonolytic degradation of the (iso)desmosines present in a semi purified reticulated elastolytic fraction resulted in a shift of the size distribution of these peptides toward lower values.
(6) Collagen reticulation was studied as a function of fiber location along these tendons by measuring hydrothermal isometric tension (HIT).
(7) It has a reticulated pattern and most resembles a spot of ink on the skin.
(8) In an electron microscope study on the developmental cycle of the goat pneumonitis strain of Chlamydia psittaci in L cells, it was observed that miniature reticulate bodies, measuring approximately 0.2 mum in diameter and surrounded by double unit membranes, were produced infrequently from normal-sized reticulate bodies through a "budding"-like process.
(9) The molecular weights of proteins synthesized by host-free reticulate bodies closely resembled the molecular weights of proteins synthesized by reticulate bodies in an intracellular environment, and included outer membrane proteins.
(10) Epidermal cells that would otherwise produce only alpha keratin in reticulate scales are induced to reorganize and differentiate into barb ridge cells that accumulate feather beta keratins.
(11) Ultrastructural examination of the co-infected cells showed that, although many CT-L2 inclusions were present, most were empty of reticulate bodies or elementary bodies.
(12) An analytical study was carried out on the different aspects presented by the nuclei (uni or multi-lobated); the nucleoli (compact, reticulate or dispersed); and the cytoplasm (immunoblastic, complex, intermediate).
(13) Small blood vessels were frequently observed in association with the reticulated epithelium.
(14) Both primordia come from the same source and their epithelium reticulizes and can form concentric corpuscles.
(15) The nucleolus, which has a reticulated fibrillogranular structure at the primordial and primary follicle stages, becomes entirely compact and is made up of a conspicuous and homogeneous mass at the antral follicle stage.
(16) The dermis of reticulate scales does not induce beta stratum formation, but it does support differentiation of a beta stratum by the determined 15-day scutate scale epidermis.
(17) Purified reticulate bodies were easily disrupted by mechanical agitation, and it was observed in shadowed preparation that ribosome-like particles 15 mmu in diameter were scattered from broken reticulate bodies.
(18) Three morphologically distinct rickettsial forms were observed in individual hypodermal cells: (i) typical growth forms with a finely reticulated cytoplasmic matrix and distinct ribosomes; (ii) atypical forms with lightly to densely staining cytoplasm and a coagulated appearance in which ribosomes cannot be distinguished from the matrix; and (iii) forms with crystalline bodies that have a striated to beaded lattice structure and, at times, a fibrillar body in the cytoplasm as well.
(19) As the result, reticulated nucleoli obtain the nucleolonemal structure.
(20) One of these proteins was confirmed, by analysis of the inferred amino acid sequence, as the 60-kDa Cr outer membrane protein associated with differentiation of reticulate bodies (RBs) into elementary bodies (EBs).