lobule
/ˈlɒbjuːl
/noun chiefly Anatomy
A small lobe.The pulmonary venules then drain toward the periphery of the lobule and form pulmonary veins that travel within the interlobular septa....
- The soft tissue chondroma4 presents with well-defined lobules of hyaline cartilage, usually in association with a tendon or a tendon sheath and most commonly in the distal extremities.
- Histologically, sebaceous hyperplasia consists of enlarged lobules of mature sebaceous glands with a central dilated duct.
Derivatives
lobular
/ adjective ...- The remaining glomeruli showed lobular accentuation of the glomerular tufts secondary to diffusely increased cellularity, thickened capillary loops, and excess accumulation of mesangial matrix.
- Arteries supplying the thymus follow the connective tissue septa and give off branches that enter the lobular cortex and break up into capillaries, which supply the cortex.
- On microscopic evaluation, the majority of the thymus retained its usual lobular architecture and exhibited both cortical and medullary hyperplasia, with high cellularity and minimal fatty infiltration.
lobulate
- A lobulate architecture with a grayish color was evident at the cut surface.
- In the last whorl, both taxa show a nearly circular test with five to six (rarely seven for A. mckannai) chambers and lobulate outline.
lobulated
- A chest radiograph revealed complete opacification of the left lower thorax with a small amount of aerated lung above and a lobulated mass in the right middle lobe.
- Cut section revealed a gray-tan, fleshy, and lobulated surface with fine septa between the lobules and foci of degeneration and necrosis.
- The cut surface was tan-brown and partially lobulated by fibrous septa and did not show necrosis or cystic changes.
Origin
Late 17th century: from lobe, on the pattern of words such as globule.