sarcogenic c

An embryonic muscular fiber; a c. which develops into a muscular fiber, sebaceous c. One of the c's of a sebaceous gland, secondary c. A c. formed by the coalescence of several c's. 'See syncytium, secreting which forms and throws off somec. secre- A c. tion. See also gland c. segmentation C. One of the segments formed by the division of the ovum which develop into the blastoderm and ultimately into the embryo, seminal c, seminiferous C. One of the c's lining the seminal tubules and giving rise to the spermatozoids. By Sertoli and Renson, the term seminal c's is limited to the proliferating c's of the tubuli seminiferi. See also spermatoblasts, sense c, sensory c. i. In general, any c. which performs sensory functions; i. e., which is adapted to receive, transmit, or appreciate sensory impre ions. 2. In particular, a modified epithelial c. in an organ of special sense, connected directly or indirectly by its central end with fibrils of the nerves of the sense organ. Such c's are named from their supposed function as olfactory c, taste c, etc. sensory epithelial c. See sensory c. (2d def.). sensory nerve c. A nerve c. whose axis cylinder proce is continued as a sensory nerve, sister c. One of two or more c's formed simultaneously by the division of a mother c.