flectopodium

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Flexible cytoplasmic protrusions that modify the normal contractile activity of pericytes.
    — Flectopodia are 7–30 µm long, present in 9% of GFP-actin+-cells on vessels (n = 266), with the ability to elongate for up to 20 µm or more, at a rate of 14–99 µm/hour, and to form a bent vessel segment in 30 minutes.

词形变化

flectopodia plural

词源

From Latin flectō (“bend”) + -podium (“leg-like structure”).
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