| Term: | scale Merkel cell |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | scale |
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| Synonyms: | scales |
| Definition: | Dermal bone that is thin, flexible, and platelike, and that develops in overlapping skinfolds that cover the body and often the head of fish and the bases of the fins. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000277] |
| Name: | Merkel cell |
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| Synonyms: | Merkel cells |
| Definition: | A modified epidermal cell located in the stratum basale. They are found mostly in areas where sensory perception is acute. Merkel cells are closely associated with an expanded terminal bulb of an afferent myelinated nerve fiber. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009146] |