Weibel-Palade body — In physiology, Weibel Palade bodies are organelles in the endothelial cells, the cells which make up the endothelium, the exceedingly thin cell sheet which lines all blood vessels, and the heart. They are named after the two scientists who first… … Wikipedia
Weibel-Palade bodies — Wei·bel Pa·lade bodies (viґbəl pah lādґ) [Ewald Rudolf Weibel, Swiss physician, born 1929; George Emil Palade, Romanian born American cytologist, winner of 1974 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine, 1912–2008] see under body … Medical dictionary
body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the … Medical dictionary
Palade — George E., Romanian U.S. cell biologist and Nobel laureate, *1912. See P. granule, Weibel P. bodies, under body … Medical dictionary
Weibel — Ewald R., Swiss physician, *1929. See W. Palade bodies, under body … Medical dictionary
Flagellum — For the insect anatomical structure, see Antenna (biology). For the flagella of male Solifugae, see Solifugae. Flagella Code TH H1.00.01.1.01032 A flagellum ( … Wikipedia
Cilium — Not to be confused with Psyllium. Cilium SEM micrograph of the cilia projecting from respiratory epithelium in the lungs Code TH … Wikipedia
Microtubule organizing center — The microtubule organizing center (MTOC) is a structure found in eukaryotic cells from which microtubules emerge. MTOCs have two main functions: the organization of eukaryotic flagella and cilia and the organization of the mitotic and meiotic… … Wikipedia
Cell (biology) — Allium cells in different phases of the cell cycle … Wikipedia
Cell nucleus — HeLa cells stained for the cell nucleus DNA with the Blue Hoechst dye. The central and rightmost cell are in interphase, thus their entire nuclei are labeled. On the left, a cell is going through mitosis and its DNA has condensed ready for… … Wikipedia