| 释义 |
parafoˈllicular, a. Anat.
[f. para-1 + follicular a.]
Situated near to, or around, a follicle: applied to cells found between the follicles of the mammalian thyroid gland, which secrete the hormone thyrocalcitonin.
1932J. F. Nonidez in Amer. Jrnl. Anat. XLIX. 479 In the following pages the large epithelial cells with argyrophile granules will be termed ‘parafollicular’ cells, since they lie in the interstitial spaces in close proximity to the follicles from the epithelium of which they arose. 1968H. Rasmussen in R. H. Williams Textbk. Endocrinol. (ed. 4) xi. 877/2 Between the follicles [of the thyroid gland] are groups of epithelial cells variously described as interstitial cells, mitochondrial-rich, or parafollicular cells. 1975Francis & Martin Introd. Human Anat. (ed. 7) viii. 267 The ultimo-branchial body, an integral part of the thyroid, in man is represented by the parafollicular or C cells. |