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  2. Reticular membrane - Wikipedia

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    The reticular membrane (RM, also called reticular lamina or apical cuticular plate) [1] is a thin, stiff lamina that extends from the outer hair cells to the Hensen's cells. [2] The RM is composed of "minute-fiddle-shaped cuticular structures" called the phalangeal extensions of the outer hair cells, interspaced with extensions coming from the ...

  3. Basement membrane - Wikipedia

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    The most notable examples of basement membranes is the glomerular basement membrane of the kidney, by the fusion of the basal lamina from the endothelium of glomerular capillaries and the podocyte basal lamina, [9] and between lung alveoli and pulmonary capillaries, by the fusion of the basal lamina of the lung alveoli and of the basal lamina ...

  4. Reticular fiber - Wikipedia

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    Reticular fibers, reticular fibres or reticulin is a type of fiber in connective tissue [1] composed of type III collagen secreted by reticular cells. [2] They are mainly composed of reticulin protein and form a network or mesh. Reticular fibers crosslink to form a fine meshwork (reticulin).

  5. Reticular cell - Wikipedia

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    A reticular cell is a type of fibroblast that synthesizes collagen alpha-1(III) and uses it to produce extracellular reticular fibers.Reticular cells provide structural support, since they produce and maintain the thin networks of fibers that are a framework for most lymphoid organs.

  6. Tissue (biology) - Wikipedia

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    The cells of the body's surface form the outer layer of skin. Inside the body, epithelial cells form the lining of the mouth and alimentary canal and protect these organs. Epithelial tissues help in the elimination of waste. Epithelial tissues secrete enzymes and/or hormones in the form of glands. Some epithelial tissue perform secretory functions.

  7. Reticular connective tissue - Wikipedia

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    Reticular connective tissue is a type of connective tissue [1] with a network of reticular fibers, made of type III collagen [2] (reticulum = net or network). Reticular fibers are not unique to reticular connective tissue, but only in this tissue type are they dominant. [3] Reticular fibers are synthesized by special fibroblasts called ...

  8. Lamina (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    The nuclear lamina: a dense fiber network inside the nucleus of cells. [6] The lamina affixa: a layer of epithelium growing on the surface of the thalamus. The lamina of Drosophila is the most peripheral neuropil of the insect visual system. Lamina cribrosa with two different meanings. Osseous spiral lamina, a feature of the bony canal of the ...

  9. Lamina propria - Wikipedia

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    The lamina propria is a thin layer of loose (areolar) connective tissue, which lies beneath the epithelium, and together with the epithelium and basement membrane constitutes the mucosa. As its Latin name indicates, it is a characteristic component of the mucosa, or the mucosa's "own special layer."