sympathetic nerve c)

A c. (or c.ganglion nerve belonging c, or" to the sympathetic nervous system in contradistinction to one belonging to the cerebrospinal system. tactile c's. A name given to single c's or groups of c's (modified nerve c's) in each of which is supposed to terminate part or all of the axis cylinder of a medullated nerve fiber, the sheath of the nerve forming a capsule for the considerable c. or group numbers of c's. They in in the are rete present rtitF cosum and form the terminal part of the axis cylinders in the tactile corpuscles and in the corpuscles of Grandry. One of the highly situated in the refractive, spindle-shaped interior of the taste buds c's and supposed to be the true sensory element of the latter, taste c's. See taste buds, under bud. tendon c. A connective ti ue corpuscle found in tendon. Such c's are arranged in rows and are usually flattened and po e leaflike proce es, ti ue c. A c. which, combined with other similar c's and intercellular substance, forms a ti ue, touch c's. See tactile c's. transition c. A c. which is intermediate in character between c's of two well-marked types and which is supposed to be changing from one type to the other, like the transition c's of red marrow, twin c. A single c. which results from the fusion of two c's. typical c. A c. which retains more or le closely its original character, unipolar c. A c. (especially a nerve c.) having but one pole or proce , vacuolated c. A c. containing one or more vacuoles, vascular c. A c. belonging to a ve el, especially to the endothelium, vegetative c. One of the c's situated at the vegetative pole of a segment at ing ovum and destined ultimately to form the endoderm. wandering c. An expre ion applied by Reckling hausen tical with white to blood the c's corpuscles, apparently found idenin various ti ues, especially in areolar ti ue, near blood ve els and in situations where inflammatory or reparative proce es are taking place. Their function appears to be to act as agents (a) in removing some part, such as the tails or gills of transforming amphibian larvae; (&) in the active degeneration of nerve and muscle; (c) in removing any dead substance or irritant, such as bacteria or dead c's, thus playing the part of phagocytes, white blood c, white c. See white blood corpuscles, under blood corpuscles, yolk c. A yolk corpuscle. yolk-containing c. A c. which contains a considerable quantity of nutritive yolk. young c. An embryonic or immature c, before it shows any characteristic cell differentiation. [Lat., cella, chamber, cell.]