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Definition of Stratum granulosum
1. Noun. The layer of epidermis just under the stratum corneum or (on the palms and soles) just under the stratum lucidum; contains cells (with visible granules) that die and move to the surface.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stratum Granulosum
Literary usage of Stratum granulosum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1889)
"Hence this stratum is called the stratum granulosum. The stratum above this
consists of one or two or even more layers of cells, elongated and flattened ..."
2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1899)
"Hence this stratum is called the stratum granulosum. The stratum above this
consists of one or two or even more layers of cells, elongated and flattened ..."
3. Anatomy of the brain and spinal cord with special reference to mechanism and by Harris Ellett Santee (1907)
"... granular layer (stratum granulosum, Figs. 82 and 83) is of uniform thickness.
It blends centrally with the medullary projection. ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1897)
"stratum granulosum is almost destroyed in its inner and lower portions. In the
other convolutions the changes were of the same kind as described in the ..."
5. A Manual of Normal Histology and Organography by Charles Hill (1906)
"The stratum lucidum overlies the stratum granulosum and is a refractive layer
... The cells that compose the stratum granulosum possess many granules called ..."
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