nuclear bag fibre |
The largest type of intrafusal muscle fibre's in a neuromuscular spindle, containing a central aggregation of nuclei (nuclear bag).
(05 Mar 2000) |
nuclear chain fibre |
The shortest and most numerous type of intrafusal muscle fibre's in a neuromuscular spindle, containing a single row of centrally positioned nuclei.
(05 Mar 2000) |
diabetes and fibre |
Soluble fibres (oat bran, apples, citrus, pears, peas/beans, psyllium, etc.) slow down the digestion of carbohydrates (sugars), which results in better glucose metabolism. Some patients with the adult-onset diabetes may actually be successfully treated with a high-fibre diet alone, and those on insulin, can often reduce their insulin requirements by adhering to a high-fibre diet.
(12 Dec 1998) |
dietary fibre |
<nutrition> The remnants of plant cell walls that are resistant to digestion by the alimentary enzymes of man. It comprises various polysaccharides and lignins.
(12 Dec 1998) |
diverticulosis/diverticulitis and fibre |
High fibre diets help delay the progression of diverticulosis and, at least, reduce the bouts of diverticulitis.
(12 Dec 1998) |
outer cone fibre |
Located between the inner segment and the cell body.
(05 Mar 2000) |
T fibre |
A fibre that branches at right angles to the right and left; term used to describe the branching patterns of granular cell axons in the molecular layer of the cerebellum.
(05 Mar 2000) |
Kuhne's fibre |
Artificial muscle fibre made by filling the intestine of an insect with a growth of myxomycetes; used to demonstrate the contractility of protoplasm.
(05 Mar 2000) |
leukodystrophy with diffuse Rosenthal fibre formation |
A metabolic disorder whose onset can be in infancy, adolescence, or adulthood; characterised pathologically by widespread cerebral demyelination with astrocyte and primitive oligodendroglial cell proliferation; refractile Rosenthal fibres result from the degeneration of these proliferating cells; aetiology unknown, but possibly due to a metabolic defect of astrocytes; sex-linked recessive disorder.
(05 Mar 2000) |