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[[Image:Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour - very high mag.jpg | thumb| right| Spindle cells in a [[MPNST]]. ([[WC]])]]
'''Spindle cell''' is a histomorphologic descriptor used in [[pathology]].   
'''Spindle cell''' is a histomorphologic descriptor used in [[pathology]].   


==Definition==
==Definition==
It refers to a cell that is tapered at both ends.<ref>URL: [http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=25657 http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=25657]. Accessed on: 2 February 2011.</ref>
It refers to a cell that is tapered at both ends.<ref>URL: [http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=25657 http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=25657]. Accessed on: 2 February 2011.</ref>
Image:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spindle_neurons_-_very_high_mag_-_cropped.jpg Spindle neuron - very high mag. (WC)].


Notes:  
Notes:  
*A taper is ''a gradually decrease toward one end <nowiki>[of the cross-section or width]</nowiki>''.<ref>URL: [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/taper http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/taper]. Accessed on: 3 February 2011.</ref>
*A taper ''gradually decreases toward one end <nowiki>[of the cross-section or width]</nowiki>''.<ref>URL: [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/taper http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/taper]. Accessed on: 3 February 2011.</ref>
**Image: [http://qcfocus.com/files/Pipe%20Thread%20Taper.jpg Taperred thread (qcfocus.com)].
**Image: [http://qcfocus.com/files/Pipe%20Thread%20Taper.jpg Taperred thread (qcfocus.com)].
*Spindle cells can have "pointy" ends or "rounded" ends, i.e. be ellipitcal or vesica piscis.
*Spindle cells can have "pointy" ends (typical for nerves) or "rounded" ends (typical for muscle), i.e. be ellipitcal or vesica piscis.
 
===Images===
<gallery>
Image:Spindle_neurons_-_very_high_mag_-_cropped.jpg | Spindle neurons. (WC)
Image:Urinary bladder muscularis mucosae -- very high mag.jpg | Benign smooth muscle cells of the [[urinary bladder]]. (WC)
Image:Schwannoma_-_Antoni_A_and_B_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Spindle cells of a schwannoma. (WC)
</gallery>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 05:29, 28 January 2015

Spindle cells in a MPNST. (WC)

Spindle cell is a histomorphologic descriptor used in pathology.

Definition

It refers to a cell that is tapered at both ends.[1]

Notes:

  • A taper gradually decreases toward one end [of the cross-section or width].[2]
  • Spindle cells can have "pointy" ends (typical for nerves) or "rounded" ends (typical for muscle), i.e. be ellipitcal or vesica piscis.

Images

See also

References

  1. URL: http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=25657. Accessed on: 2 February 2011.
  2. URL: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/taper. Accessed on: 3 February 2011.

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