Category: B

An erythrocyte with 10 to 30 spicules distributed over the surface of the cell, as seen in heart disease, stomach cancer, kidney disease, and dehydration.  

A neuron with two processes, an axon and a dendrite. It is found in the retina of the eye and in the cochlear and vestibular ganglia of the acoustic nerve.  

A cell with an affinity for staining with basic dyes.  

A branching basal or myoepithelial cell of the salivary and other glands.  

The developing leukocyte at a stage at which the nucleus is not segmented. A developing neutrophil that is in the stage immediately preceding maturity. Band cells are characterized by an unsegmented nucleus.  

A type of cast used following skin traction for Legg’s disease (Legg-Calve-Perthes disease). A bar is used between upper femoral casts to maintain abduction.  

Mucus formed into the shape of the bronchi in which it was previously lodged.  

A cast used to immobilize the spine. It may extend from the thorax to the pelvis.  

Baby bottle syndrome.  

A cystlike body that develops within a hydatid cyst of Echinococcus granulosus.