Medical term:
pinealocyte
pinealocyte
[pin´e-ah-lo-sīt]an epithelioid cell of the pineal body.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
pin·e·a·lo·cyte
(pin-ē-a-lō-sīt'),A cell of the pineal body with long processes ending in bulbous expansions. Pinealocytes receive a direct innervation from sympathetic neurons that form recognizable synapses. The club-shaped endings of pinealocyte processes terminate in perivascular spaces surrounding capillaries.
Synonym(s): chief cell of corpus pineale, parenchymatous cell of corpus pineale
[pineal + G. kytos, cell]
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pin·e·a·lo·cyte
(pin'ē-al'ō-sīt)A cell of the pineal body with long processes ending in bulbous expansions. Pinealocytes receive a direct innervation from sympathetic neurons that form recognizable synapses.
[pineal + G. kytos, cell]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
pinealocyte
[pin´e-ah-lo-sīt]an epithelioid cell of the pineal body.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
pin·e·a·lo·cyte
(pin-ē-a-lō-sīt'),A cell of the pineal body with long processes ending in bulbous expansions. Pinealocytes receive a direct innervation from sympathetic neurons that form recognizable synapses. The club-shaped endings of pinealocyte processes terminate in perivascular spaces surrounding capillaries.
Synonym(s): chief cell of corpus pineale, parenchymatous cell of corpus pineale
[pineal + G. kytos, cell]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
pin·e·a·lo·cyte
(pin'ē-al'ō-sīt)A cell of the pineal body with long processes ending in bulbous expansions. Pinealocytes receive a direct innervation from sympathetic neurons that form recognizable synapses.
[pineal + G. kytos, cell]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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