body

(bod’e) [L. corpus; Gr. σῶμα]. 1. The trunk, or animal frame, with its organs. 2. The cadaver or corpse. 3. The largest and most important part of any organ. acetone b's, acetone, ace to-acetic acid, and beta-oxy butyric acid. alloxur b's, compounds of uric acid and any one of the alloxins. They are excreted by the urine in certain conditions, and are regarded as the end- 15 ς - ‘s 7 18 19 ζναιι- ver 1, Normal red corpuscle for comparison; 2, norm oblasts, one with lobulated nucleus; 3. megaloblast and micro blast. The megaloblast shows a considerable degree of polychromatophilia; 4, blood plaques, one lying upon a red corpuscle; 5, Ivymphocytes, large and small; 6, large mononuclear leukocyte; 7, transitional leukocyte; 8, polymorphonuclear neutrophilic leukocytes; 9, eosinophilic leukocytes, one ruptured; 10, basophilic leukocyte; 11, neutrophilic myelocyte. The granules are sometimes le numerous and le distinct than here shown; 12, eusinophilic myelocytes; 13, basophilic myeiocyte; 14, “irritation” or “ stimulation" form, with small vacuoles; 15, degenerated leukocytes: two polymorphonuclear neutrophiles, one ruptured, one swollen and vacuolated; and a " basket cell’ composed of an irregular meshwork of nuclear material; 16, large mononuclear leukocyte containing p:gment-granules; from a case of tertian malaria; 17, four stages in the asexual cycle of the tertian malarial parasite: the second and fourth were drawn from the same slide taken from a case of double tertian; 18, red corpuscle containing tertian parasite and showing malarial stippling; 19, estivo-autumnal malarial parasites: two small ring forms within the same red cell, and a crescent with remains of the red corpuscle in its concavity, Stained with Wright's stain. All drawn to same scale, (From Todd's "' Clinical Diagnosis."’) products of albuminous catabolism, although exact origin is as yet uncertain. The group includes xanthin, hetero xanthin (or methyl xanthin), para xanthin (or dimethyl xanthin), guanin, hypo xanthin, episarkin, and carn in; called also xunthin bases and purin bodies. Cf. purin. amylaceous b’s. See corpora a my lace a. anaphylactic reaction b. See sensibilin. a no coccygeal b., a ma of fibrous and muscular ti ue between the anus and the tip of the coccyx. anti-b. See anti-body. anti-immune. anti-intermediary b. See anti amboceptor. apical b. See acrosome. b. of Arantius, the tubercle of fibrocartilage at the tip of the aortic and pulmonary semilunar valves. Arnold’s b’s, small Pieces of erythrocytes in the blood. Aschoft’s b’ 8, rheumatic nodules in the myocardium. Auer’s b's, rod-shaped bodies seen in the lymphocytes in certain cases of leukemia. Babes-Ernst b’s, granules staining deeply with anilin dyes: seen in the protoplasm of bacteria. Behla’s b’s. Same as Plimmer's b's. Bence-Jones b’s, albumose bodies found in the urine in diseases of the bone-marrow. between b See complement. bird's-nest b’s, structures formed by the arrangement of cells in epithelial cancer resembling birds’ nests. bra y b., a dark, shrunken blood-corpuscle seen in malaria. Cabot’s ring-b’s, bodies seen in erythrocytes arranged in the form of a ring in the body of the cell. They are stained red with Wright- Leishman stain and blue with eosinate of methylene-blue. cancer b’s. See Plimmer’s b’s and Ru ell's b's. carotid b. See carotid gland, under gland. cavernous b’s, the corpora cavernosa. chromaffin b. See para ganglion. chromophil ous b’s. See Ni i b’s. ciliary b., that part of the vascular coat of the eye which includes the ciliary muscles and proce es. coccygeal | b. See coccygeal gland, under gland. colloid b’s, ma es of an irregularly shaped, glue-like substance in the cerebrospinal axis. Deetjen’s b’s, blood-plates. demilune b., a circular transparent body with a crescent-shaped area on one edge, seen in the blood in malaria and after typhoid fever. The crescent-shaped portion contains hemoglobin and the bodies are believed to be degenerated red corpuscles. The transparent rtion of the body is called gla -body. dentate b.. denticulate b. See corpus dentatum. Déhle’s inclusion b’s, small bacillus or coccus-shaped bodies occurring in the polynuclear leukocytes of the blood in several diseases, especially scarlet fever. Ehrlich’s hemoglobin emic b’s, small round granules staining with acid dyes, seen in the bodies of erythrocytes in severe hemocytolysis from septic blood-poisoning. elementary b., a blood-platelet. Elzholz’s b’s, bodies described by Elzholz in degenerated medullated nerve-fibers. end-b. See complement. endoglobar b., archiplasm. falciform b. See Sporozoite. ‘fimbriate b. See cor pus fimbria tum. foreign b., a ma which is not normal to the place where it is found. fuchsin b’s. See Ru ell's b's. geniculate b. See corpus geniculatum. gla -b. See demilune 5. Guarnieri’s b’s, the cytorrhyctes of variola and vaccinia. See Cytorrhyctes. Ha all's b’s. See Ha all's corpuscles under corpuscle. Heinz b’s, ‘small bodies occasionally seen in red blood-corpuscles after staining with azur I, Called also subs tanti a melachromaticogranularts and B-substance. High- ΄ more’s b., the mediastinum testis. Howell’s b’s, small round or oval eccentrically placed bodies, seen in erythrocytes when stains are added to fresh blood. Howell-Jolly b’s, Howell's bodies. hyaloid b., the vitreous body. immune Ὦ. See amboceplor. inclusion b's. See Déhle's inclusion b’s. inter car otic b., a longish ma of blood-ve els, nerves, and ganglion cells between the internal and external carotid arteries. intermediary b. Sceamboceptor. inter peduncular b. See cor inter pedunculare. isob. See isobody. Jolly’sb’s. Same as Howell's