List of abbreviations		 Vocabulary
of micros-
copic
anatomy
specialist terms
explained in
English +
German

Every attempt was made to provide correct information and labelling, however any liability for eventual errors or incompleteness is rejected!
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Editor:
Dr. med.
H. Jastrow
Conditions
of use
idealised mammal cell with organelles, junctions etc. (sheme)
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1 nucleus 1a euchromatin 1b heterochromatin
and chromatin granules
2 nucleolus 3 nuclear membrane 4 nuclear pore
5 free and RER-bound
ribosomes (Nissl body)		  6 rough endoplasmic
retikulum (RER)		 7 smooth endoplasmic
retikulum (SER)
8  M i t o c h o n d r i a :
8a crista-type 8b tubular-type 8c saccular type
 
9 centriol
(longitudinal & X-section)		 10 Golgi-apparatus 11 Golgi-vesicle 12 endocytotic vesicle (Pinosome
= Clathrin coated vesicle)		 13 lysosomes
(fuses with 12 to become 14)		 14 heterolysosome
15 telolysosomes
(residual bodies)		 16 multivesicular body 17 multilamellar body 18 peroxysome 19 secretory vesicle 20 microtubules
21 actin filaments                            at the Z-disc
in a microvillus                                of skeletal muscle		 22 intermediate filaments
(e.g. at desmosomes)		  23 terminal web 24 glycogen granules 25 lipid droplets 26 synapse
27 synaptic bodies
(synaptic ribbons)		 28 cell membrane with glycocalyx 29 intercellular space 30 bile capillary 31 tight junction
= zonula occludens		 32 belt desmosome
= zonula adhaerens
33 adhesive strip
= fascia adhaerens		 34 punctum adhaerens 35 spot desmosome
= macula adhaerens		 36 hemidesmosome 37 gap junction
= nexus		 38 microvilli with
glycocalyx
39 kinocilia                     cilia 40 basal body (X-section) 41 root fibres on
basal bodies		 42 stereocilia 43 basement menbrane
lamina basalis		 44 digitations
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