Gol·gi ap·pa·ra·tus

(gol'jē),

a membranous system of cisternae and vesicles located between the nucleus and the secretory pole or surface of a cell; concerned with the investment and intracellular transport of membrane-bounded secretory proteins, and the synthesis of polysaccharides and glycoproteins.

Synonym(s): dictyosome, Golgi body, Golgi complex, Golgi internal reticulum, Holmgrén-Golgi canals

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Holmgren-Golgi canals

(1) Golgi apparatus (see there); complexus golgiensis [NH3];
(2) Endoplasmic reticulum; reticulum endoplasmicum [NH3].

Golgi,

Camillo, Italian histologist and Nobel laureate, 1844-1926.

Golgi apparatus - a membranous system of cisternae and vesicles concerned with intracellular transport of membrane-bounded secretory proteins. Synonym(s): dictyosome; Golgi body; Golgi complex; Golgi internal reticulum; Holmgrén-Golgi canals

Golgi body - Synonym(s): Golgi apparatus

Golgi cells

Golgi complex - Synonym(s): Golgi apparatus

Golgi corpuscle

Golgi internal reticulum - Synonym(s): Golgi apparatus

Golgi osmiobichromate fixative - an osmic-bichromate mixture used to demonstrate nerve cells and their processes.

Golgi stain - any of several methods for staining nerve cells, nerve fibers, and neuroglia.

Golgi tendon organ - a proprioceptive sensory nerve ending embedded among the fibers of a tendon. Synonym(s): neurotendinous organ; neurotendinous spindle

Golgi zone - part of the cytoplasm occupied by the Golgi apparatus.

Golgi-Mazzoni corpuscle - an encapsulated sensory nerve ending.

Holmgrén-Golgi canals - Synonym(s): Golgi apparatus

Holmgrén,

Emil A., Swedish histologist, 1866-1922.

Holmgrén-Golgi canals - Synonym(s): Golgi apparatus