reticular (iou) and lens vesicle (medicine)

reticular (iou)

reticular adjective. L16.
[mod. Latin reticularis, from Latin RETICULUM: see -AR1.]
Resembling a net in appearance or construction; consisting of closely interwoven fibres or filaments; netlike. L16.
Architecture. Of masonry, panelling, etc.: constructed of lozenge-shaped pieces or of square pieces set diagonally instead of vertically. rare. L18.
Resembling a net in effect or operation; intricate, tending to entangle. E19.
Of or pertaining to the reticulum of a ruminant. E20.
Special collocations: reticular activating system = reticular formation below. reticular cell a fibroblast or Other unspecialized cell; esp. a fixed phagocytic cell of the reticuloendothelial system. reticular fibres microscopic branching fibres of reticulin forming a fine supporting network esp. around muscle and nerve fibres, blood-vessels, and in glandular and reticular tissue. reticular formation a diffuse network of nerve pathways in the brainstem connecting the spinal cord, cerebrum, and cerebellum, and mediating the overall level of consciousness. reticular system = reticular formation above. reticular tissue tissue of the reticuloendothelial system which forms part of the framework of lymphatic tissue, bone marrow, and the tissue of the spleen and liver.
reticularly adverb like a net M19.

lens vesicle (medicine)

lens vesicle

In the embryo, the ectodermal invagination that forms opposite the optic cup; it is the primordium of the lens of the eye.

Synonym: lenticular vesicle.

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