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LAMINAL [2 records]

Record 1 2017-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

A developmental anomaly characterized by enlargement of the foramen magnum, and absence of the laminal and spinous processes of the cervical, dorsal, and sometimes lumbar vertebrae with vertebrae reduced in number and irregularly fused, the brain and much of the cord occupying a single cavity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Forme majeure de la localisation occipito-cervicale de la notochordodysraphie comportant à la fois un rachischisis, une encéphalomyélodysraphie et des malformations de l'œsophage ou de l'estomac.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Mosses and Related Plants
CONT

Laminal cells are smooth or variously ornamented, commonly bearing a variety of wall projections called papillae. Papillae are heterogeneous in form, size, and distribution. They may be solid or hollow, simple or branched, single or multiple, on both exposed cell surfaces or only on the abaxial surface, over the cell lumen or just at the distal(occasionally proximal or both) end of the cell …

OBS

papillae: plural.

Key term(s)
  • papillae

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Mousses et plantes apparentées
DEF

Petit renflement, causé par la déformation de la paroi des cellules, qui tapisse la surface des feuilles de certaines espèces de mousses.

OBS

Les papilles peuvent être de formes diverses.

Spanish

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