keratinosome

keratinosome /ke·rat·i·no·some/ (ke-rat´i-no-som) lamellar body; a type of spherical granule in cells of the skin that migrates to the cytoplasm and discharges its contents into the intercellular space, where the granules are believed to function as a barrier against foreign substances.

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ke·rat·i·no·some (k-rtn--sm, kr-tn-)

n.

A membrane-bound granule in the upper layers of the prickle cell layer of certain stratified squamous epithelia. Also called membrane-coating granule.

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keratinosome

small organelle in the intercellular space of the epidermis; it has a role in retaining water and in cell cohesion. Called also Odland's body; cementasome.