Rod

I. One of numerous slender rod-like or bacillary structures, as in the retina. 2. A shoot or slender stem of any woody plant. Rs., Acoustic. See Rs. of Corti. Rs.. Auditory. See Rs. of Corti. R. -bacterium, any member of the genus bacillus. Rs. of Corti. See Corti. R. -epithelium, the striated cells lining certain structures, as the ducts of the salivary glands and the convoluted portions of the uriniferous tubules of the kidney. Rs. of Heidenhain, the rod-like cells of the renal tubules. See Rs., Intracellular. Rs., Intracellular, the fibrillse of rod-like cells. Rs. of Kcenig. See Kcenig. Rs., Muscle: 1. Rod -epithelium sarcous elements of the contracfrom the Uriniferous Tubules. tile disc of a muscle-fiber. 2. 1. On the flat with The rod-shaped elements form interlocking procesing the non-contractile part of a ling. ses. 2. On edge, showing rodded muscle-fiber (Schafer). Rs. of character of outer the Retina, c y 1 i n d r i c bodies found in the layer of rods and portion. (From Stircones of the retina.