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sustentacular
[ suhs-tuhn-tak-yuh-ler ]
sustentacular
/ ˌsʌstɛnˈtækjʊlə /
adjective
- anatomy (of fibres, cells, etc) supporting or forming a support
Word History and Origins
Origin of sustentacular1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sustentacular1
Example Sentences
What the data show is that the virus is limited to this one type of cell called SUS, or sustentacular—cells in the olfactory tissue in the nasal cavity.
Others were “sustentacular” cells, which seem to provide various kinds of support to the neurons: metabolic and physical, plus maintaining the right salt balance in the mucus that is essential for odor detection.
Just two days later, about half of the hamsters’ sustentacular cells were infected.
Sperm are present in small groups within the sustentacular cytoplasm, but ordinarily are absent in the lumina.
But sustentacular cells, which support olfactory neurons in important ways, are studded with the receptors.
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