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Encyclopedia: Papilla

A papilla (plural: papillae) can be:

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Meissner's corpuscle

Meissner's corpuscles are nerve ending sensitive to light touch. It is usually found just beneath the epidermis within the dermal papillae...

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Renal pelvis

The renal pelvis represents the dilated proximal part of the ureter. Each renal papilla is surrounded by a branch of the renal pelvis called a calyx...

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Taste bud

Taste buds (or lingual papillae ) are small structures on the upper surface of the tongue that... the human tongue. Fungiform papillae - as the name suggests, these taste buds are slightly mushroom... papillae - these are thin, longer taste buds, and are the most numerous. Foliate papillae - these...

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Calyx (kidney)

A calyx is a part in the kidney. Calyces surround the appex of the malpighian pyramids. Urine formed in the kidney passes through a papilla at the apex into a minor calyx then into major calyx before passing through the pelvis into the ureter. Peristalsis of the smooth muscle originating in pace...

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Keratin 6A

Keratin 6A is a type II cytokeratin, one of several isoforms of keratin 6. It is found with keratin 16 and/or keratin 17 in the filiform papillae of the tongue, the stratified epithelial lining of oral mucosa and esophagus, the outer root sheath of hair follicles, and the glandular epithelia. This...

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Tongue

part) of the tongue is covered in taste buds (or papillae ), and the tongue appears velvety and pink... oral part of the tongue there are 3-14 vallate papillae arranged in a V-shape in front of the sulcus terminalis. There are no lingual papillae on the underside of the tongue. It is covered with a smooth...

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Gustatory system

The gustatory system is the sensory system that uses taste buds (or lingual papillae) on the upper surface of the tongue to provide information about the taste of food being eaten. In humans, the sense of taste is conveyed via three of the twelve cranial nerves. The facial nerve (VII) carries...

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Thelarche

Thelarche is the first stage of human breast development, usually occurring at the beginning of puberty in girls. Thelarche is usually noticed as a firm, tender lump directly under the center of the nipple (papilla and areola). Thelarche is also referred to as a "breast bud", or more formally as...

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Bursatella

sea hare has a broad and short head. Its mantle is covered with papillae (finger-like outgrowths...

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Notarchus

Ocean, NW Pacific, Mediterranean. Description : fine papillae scattered over the mantle; no armed...

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