See Also: lobus quadratus(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
quadratus(dictionary)
pronator quadratus(medicine)
musculus quadratus(medicine)
lobulus quadratus(medicine)
quadratus lumborum(medicine)
quadratus muscle(medicine)
quadratus plantae(medicine)
musculus quadratus femoris(medicine)

nevocyte (medicine) and lobus quadratus (medicine)


nevocyte (medicine)


nevocyte -->
nevus cell


The cell of a pigmented cutaneous nevus that differs from a normal melanocyte in that it lacks dendrites.

A-type, melanocytes in the epidermis in pigmented nevi, resembling epithelial cells and frequently containing melanin.

Nevus cell, B-type, small, usually non-pigmented melanocytes in the mid-dermis in pigmented nevi.

Nevus cell, C-type, non-pigmented spindle-shaped melanocytes in the lower dermis in pigmented nevi.

Synonym: nevocyte.


lobus quadratus (medicine)


lobus quadratus -->
quadrangular lobule


The main portion of the superior part of each hemisphere of the cerebellum, corresponding to the monticulus of the vermis; it is divided into two portions, the anterior and the posterior crescentic lobules, corresponding to the culmen and the declive of the vermis.

Synonym: lobulus quadrangularis, lobus quadratus, lobulus quadratus, quadrate lobe, quadrate lobule.