Sunday, September 27, 2009

Journal 3

Dictionary
  1. Unilocular- Having or consisting of, or characterized by only one loculus or cavity, single chambered/ one cell one nuclei.
  2. Multilocular- Having or consisting of, or characterized by multiple loculi or cavities, multi-chambered/ multiple cells multiple nuclei.
  3. Cancellous- Having low density and strength but high surface area, of the kind that fills the inner cavity of long bones
  4. Hemopoietic-pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells; "hemopoietic stem cells in bone marrow"
  5. Collagenase-any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gelatin
  6. Parafollicular-Parafollicular cells (also called C cells) are cells in the thyroid that produce and secrete calcitonin.
  7. Spicule-A small, pointed epidermal appendage.
  8. Totipotential -capable of developing into a complete organism or differentiating into any of its cells or tissues
  9. Pluripotential-not fixed as to developmental potentialities ; especially : capable of differentiating into one of many cell types or capable of affecting more than one organ or tissue
  10. Multipotential -having the potential of becoming any of several mature cell types.

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