Meaning of sustentacular | Babel Free

Definitions

Serving to support or sustain.

not-comparable

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Examples

“A sustentacular tissue”

“1998 [Kluwer Academic], Julian Lombardi, Comparative Vertebrate Reproduction, 1998, Softcover reprint, Springer, page 122, During spermiogenesis, the highly specialized sustentacular cells provide⟳ support⟳ and protection during the transformative process⟳.”

“Normal paraganglionic tissue contains two types of cell: chief or type⟳ I cells, which are neuroendocrine cells, and sustentacular or type⟳ II cells, which are not neuroendocrine, but contain⟳ S-100 protein.”

“The sustentacular facet is anteroposteriorly elongate and, in some specimens, achieves very broad contact⟳ with the navicular facet, while in others only with the cuboid facet.”

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