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Definition of Neuroepithelium
1. Noun. Epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings.
Group relationships: Gustatory Organ, Taste Bud, Tastebud, Inner Ear, Internal Ear, Labyrinth, Retina, Nasal Cavity
Definition of Neuroepithelium
1. Noun. The part of an embryo that develops into the nervous system ¹
2. Noun. The epithelium associated with sensory organs such as the eye or nose ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Neuroepithelium
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Neuroepithelium
Literary usage of Neuroepithelium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Diseases of the Ear, Nose, and Throat by John Johnson Kyle (1911)
"The mucous lining of the membraneous labyrinth is made up of flattened polyhedral
cells and the neuroepithelium takes on the form of modified columnar cells ..."
2. Modern ophthalmology by James Moores Ball (1908)
"The inner granular layer, too, is considerably increased in thickness.
The neuroepithelium consists only of cone-cells; so that here the latter alone form ..."
3. Normal Histology: With Special Reference to the Structure of the Human Body by George Arthur Piersol (1916)
"The free surface of the neuroepithelium within the saccule and the utricle is
covered by a remarkable structure, the so-called otolith membrane. ..."
4. Public sanitation, and other papers: And Other Papers by Clement Adelbert Whiting (1916)
"AH of the lateral line organs are abundantly supplied with nerves, and it is in
these organs that we find the most primitive form of neuroepithelium. ..."
5. Acute Perinatal Asphyxia in Term Infants: Report of the Workshopedited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz edited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz (1997)
"They provoked developmental lesions of the neuroepithelium [see reference 2 for
retinoic acid; the results concerning valproate are in press]; retinoic acid ..."
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