Papillae is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Papillae in a sentence
Papillae meaning
plural of papilla
Using Papillae
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of papilla
- In the example corpus, papillae often appears in combinations such as: renal papillae, the papillae.
Context around Papillae
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Papillae
- In this selection, "papillae" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, renal, sensory, oral, dermal, forming and leads stand out and add context to how "papillae" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and lip papillae ensures a and and oral papillae are probably. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "papillae" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with papillae
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
These contain keratin which makes them rigid citation so the papillae act like a hairbrush. (15 words)
The lips, tongue, and inside of the mouth are covered in papillae to protect against thorns. (16 words)
Blindfish do, however, have rows of sensory papillae on their skin, which they use to help navigate. (17 words)
The pharynx is specially adapted for sucking, to extract the innards; the arrangement of the jaws about the tongue and lip papillae ensures a tight seal and the establishment of suction. (31 words)
In the case where the kidney stones block all routes to the renal papillae, this can cause severe discomfort. 4. The complete staghorn stone forms and retention occurs. (28 words)
Supersaturation promotes their combination (as does inhibition.) 2. Continued deposition at the renal papillae leads to growth of the kidney stones. 3. Kidney stones grow and collect debris. (28 words)
Example sentences (13)
The team found that P. carolinus has sensors in their legs, known as papillae, that help them uncover and taste hidden prey.
Blindfish do, however, have rows of sensory papillae on their skin, which they use to help navigate.
However, antennae, mandibles, and oral papillae are probably not homologous to the corresponding features in arthropods, i.e., they probably developed independently.
In the case where the kidney stones block all routes to the renal papillae, this can cause severe discomfort. 4. The complete staghorn stone forms and retention occurs.
Lockwood, pp. 10–16 The pads of the paws are covered with small, soft papillae (dermal bumps), which provide traction on the ice.
Some deep water species are pelagic and can float in the water with webbed papillae forming sails or fins.
Supersaturation promotes their combination (as does inhibition.) 2. Continued deposition at the renal papillae leads to growth of the kidney stones. 3. Kidney stones grow and collect debris.
The lips, tongue, and inside of the mouth are covered in papillae to protect against thorns.
The pharynx is specially adapted for sucking, to extract the innards; the arrangement of the jaws about the tongue and lip papillae ensures a tight seal and the establishment of suction.
These contain keratin which makes them rigid citation so the papillae act like a hairbrush.
These projections, called papillae, have a rich blood supply, and increase the surface area of the cloaca.
The turtles can take up dissolved oxygen from the water using these papillae, in much the same way that fish use gills to respire.
They scrape and bite food of many kinds as well as stirring up the bottom sediment, filtering out larger particles with the papillae around their mouths.
Common combinations with papillae
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: