Sustentacular
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sustentacular is an adjective meaning (anatomy) Serving to support or sustain.
Meaning
(anatomy) Serving to support or sustain.
Example Sentences
A sustentacular tissue
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.
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.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include supporting, sustenacular, suspensory, subserosal, ancillary, underslung.
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