flectopodium
flectopodium noun: flexible cytoplasmic protrusions that modify the normal contractile activity of pericytes.
Noun
flectopodium (plural flectopodia)
- Flexible cytoplasmic protrusions that modify the normal contractile activity of pericytes.
- Flectopodia are 7–30 µm long, present in 9% of GFP-actin+-cells on vessels (n = 266), with the ability to elongate for up to 20 µm or more, at a rate of 14–99 µm/hour, and to form a bent vessel segment in 30 minutes.2014 July 17, Elisabetta M. Caspani, Philip H. Crossley, Carolina Redondo-Garcia, Salvador Martinez, “Glioblastoma: A Pathogenic Crosstalk between Tumor Cells and Pericytes”, in PLOS One
Forms of flectopodium
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Origin of flectopodium
From Latin flectō (“bend”) + -podium (“leg-like structure”).
Questions about flectopodium
- What does flectopodium mean?
- Flectopodium means flexible cytoplasmic protrusions that modify the normal contractile activity of pericytes.
- What part of speech is flectopodium?
- Flectopodium is a noun.
- What is the plural of flectopodium?
- The plural of flectopodium is flectopodia.
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