prickle cell
1prickle cell — noun a cell in the germinal layer of the skin (the prickle cell layer); has many spines and radiating processes • Hypernyms: ↑skin cell * * * noun : a cell found in the germinal layer of the skin having numerous spines or radiating processes… …
2Prickle cell — A prickle cell is an epidermal cell which lies above the basal cell layer, constituting a stratum spinosum, which forms innumerable intercellular bridges. These intercellular bridges give the stratum spinosum a rough appearance to which the cells …
3prickle cell layer — n STRATUM SPINOSUM * * * stratum spinosum …
4prickle cell — prick·le cell prik əl n a cell of the stratum spinosum of the skin having numerous intercellular bridges which give the separated cells a prickly appearance in microscopic preparations * * * one of the dividing keratinocytes present in the… …
5prickle cell — noun A polyhedral cell in the epidermis having many spines that form intercellular bridges …
6prickle cell carcinoma — squamous cell c. (def. 1) …
7prickle cell — Large flattened polygonal cells of the stratum germinosum of the epidermis (just above the basal stem cells), that appear in the light microscope to have fine spines projecting from their surfaces; these terminate in desmosomes that link the… …
8Prickle — In botany, a prickle is a modified extension of the cortex and epidermis into a sharp, needle like structure. By extension, it can refer to: *Prickle cell of the skin *Prickle (protein), a planar cell polarity protein *the collective noun for a… …
9prickle cells — cells with cytoplasmic processes that form intercellular bridges. The germinative layer of the epidermis is sometimes called the prickle cell layer …
10prickle cells — cells with cytoplasmic processes that form intercellular bridges. The germinative layer of the epidermis is sometimes called the prickle cell layer …
