basal metabolism — n the turnover of energy in a fasting and resting organism using energy solely to maintain vital cellular activity, respiration, and circulation as measured by the basal metabolic rate * * * the minimum amount of energy expended by the body to… … Medical dictionary
basal body — n a minute distinctively staining cell organelle found at the base of a flagellum or cilium and resembling a centriole in structure called also basal granule, kinetosome * * * one of the cylindrical cytoplasmic bodies structurally resembling the… … Medical dictionary
basal granule — n BASAL BODY * * * basal body … Medical dictionary
basal lamina — n 1) the part of the gray matter of the embryonic neural tube from which the motor nerve roots arise 2) a thin extracellular layer composed chiefly of collagen, proteoglycans, and glycoproteins (as laminin and fibronectin) that lies adjacent to… … Medical dictionary
basal cell — n one of the innermost cells of the deeper epidermis of the skin * * * a type of keratinocyte found in the basal layer of the epidermis … Medical dictionary
basal-cell carcinoma — n a skin cancer derived from and preserving the form of the basal cells of the skin … Medical dictionary
basal ganglion — n any of four deeply placed masses of gray matter within each cerebral hemisphere comprising the caudate nucleus, the lentiform nucleus, the amygdala, and the claustrum usu. used in pl. called also basal nucleus … Medical dictionary
basal nucleus — n BASAL GANGLION … Medical dictionary
basal length — n the distance from gnathion to basion … Medical dictionary
basal plate — n an underlying structure: as a) the ventral portion of the neural tube b) the part of the decidua of a placental mammal that is intimately fused with the placenta * * * 1. lamina basalis. 2. the fused parachordal cartilages, precursors of the… … Medical dictionary
