Apical in a sentence

A further group of spherical organelles is distributed throughout the cell rather than being localized at the apical complex and are known as the dense granules.

Also flaps are used as basic rhotics in Japanese and Korean languages, although it is a lateral apical postalveolar flap.

Another characteristic which makes these gametocytes unique is the presence of an apical hook on the sperm head.

Growth from apical meristems is known as primary growth, which encompasses all elongation.

Growth Roots of trees Early root growth is one of the functions of the apical meristem located near the tip of the root.

In clusters, the preaspiration merges with a preceding nasal or apical approximant, rendering them voiceless.

In contrast with other pulse sites, the apical pulse site is unilateral, and measured not under an artery, but below the heart itself (more specifically, the apex of the heart).

In the westernmost parts of the Basque country, only the apical s and the alveolar affricate tz are used.

Pheromones from species of Rutelinea are produced from epithelial cells lining the inner surface of the apical abdominal segments; amino acid-based pheromones of Melolonthinae are produced from eversible glands on the abdominal apex.

Pyramidal cells are multipolar cortical neurons with pyramid shaped cell bodies and large dendrites called apical dendrites that extend to the surface of the cortex.

The alveolars and dentals may also be either apical or laminal, but this difference is indicated with diacritics rather than with separate symbols.

The apical complex consists of a set of spirally arranged microtubules (the conoid ), a secretory body (the rhoptry ) and one or more polar rings.

The axillary lymph nodes include the pectoral (chest), subscapular (under the scapula), and humeral (humerus-bone area) lymph-node groups, which drain to the central axillary lymph nodes and to the apical axillary lymph nodes.

The cones of this dioecious tree are berry-like, with a single (rarely two) 7–11 mm seed apical on an 8–14 mm pink-purple aril ; the aril is edible and sweet.

The dentate granule cell axons (called mossy fibers) pass on the information from the EC on thorny spines that exit from the proximal apical dendrite of CA3 pyramidal cells.

The dinoflagellate is separated into an upper portion called the epitheca (C) where the apical horn resides (E) and a lower portion called the hypotheca (D).

The distinction, however, between the various coronal articulations, laminal, apical, and subapical is a continuum, without clear boundaries.

The hair cells have a hair bundle at the apical surface of the cell.

The inverted bridge under the t specifies it as apical (pronounced with the tip of the tongue), and the superscript h shows that it is aspirated (breathy).

They commonly have basal and/or apical appendages.