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pinealocyte
pinealocyte [pin´e-ah-lo-sīt] an epithelioid cell of the pineal body.pin·e·a·lo·cyte (pin-ē-a-lō-sīt'), A cell of the pineal body with long processes ending in bulbous expansions. Pinealocytes receive a direct innervation from sympathetic neurons that form recognizable synapses. The club-shaped endings of pinealocyte processes terminate in perivascular spaces surrounding capillaries. Synonym(s): chief cell of corpus pineale, parenchymatous cell of corpus pineale [pineal + G. kytos, cell] pin·e·a·lo·cyte (pin'ē-al'ō-sīt) A cell of the pineal body with long processes ending in bulbous expansions. Pinealocytes receive a direct innervation from sympathetic neurons that form recognizable synapses. [pineal + G. kytos, cell] |