rete (redirected from malpighian rete)

rete /re·te/ (re´te) pl. re´tia   [L.] a network or meshwork, especially of blood vessels.

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rete arterio´sum  an anastomotic network of minute arteries, just before they become arterioles or capillaries.

articular rete  a network of anastomosing blood vessels in or around a joint.

malpighian rete  stratum germinativum.

rete mira´bile 

1. a vascular network formed by division of an artery or vein into many smaller vessels that reunite into a single vessel.

2. arterial anastomosis of the brain occurring between the external and internal carotid arteries due to longstanding thrombosis of the latter.

rete ova´rii  a homologue of the rete testis, developed in the early female fetus but vestigial in the adult.

rete subpapilla´re  the network of arteries at the boundary between the papillary and reticular layers of the dermis.

rete tes´tis  a network formed in the mediastinum testis by the seminiferous tubules.

rete veno´sum  an anastomotic network of small veins.

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re·te (rt)

n. pl. re·ti·a (rt-, rsh)

An anatomical mesh, network, or structure, as of veins, arteries, or nerves.

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reti·al (-t-l, -shl) adj.

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rete

[rē′tē]

Etymology: L, net

a network, especially of arteries or veins. retial [rē′tē·əl] , adj.

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rete [re´te] (L.)

a network or plexus.

arterial rete (rete arterio´sum) an anastomotic network of arterioles or minute arteries, just before they become capillaries.

articular rete a network of anastomosing blood vessels in or around a joint.

rete lymphocapilla´re any of the closed, freely communicating networks formed by the lymphocapillary vessels.

rete malpi´ghii the innermost stratum of epidermis.

rete mira´bile a vascular network formed by division of an artery or vein into many smaller vessels that reunite into a single vessel; in the human this occurs only in the arterioles that supply the glomeruli of the kidney.

rete tes´tis the network of channels formed in the mediastinum of the testis by the seminiferous tubules.

rete veno´sum an anastomotic network of small veins; called also venous network.

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rete (epithelial) (rē´tē) ridges,

n.pl extensions of the epithelium into the connective tissue. They occur to an excess where epithelium-lined tissues are irritated and inflamed such as the junctional epithelium during periodontal disease. Outdated term is
rete pegs.

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rete

pl. retia [L.] a network or meshwork, especially of blood vessels.

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arterial rete, rete arteriosum

an anastomotic network of minute arteries, just before they become capillaries.

articular rete

a network of anastomosing blood vessels in or around a joint.

blood vessel rete

visible networks of vessels; see also rete mirabile (below).

rete carpi dorsale

a network of small vessels over the dorsal aspect of the carpus in the horse.

rete malpighii

the innermost stratum of epidermis.

rete mirabile

a vascular network formed by division of an artery or vein into many smaller vessels that reunite into a single vessel, such as the carotid rete mirabile (epidural rete) at the base of the brain of ruminants.

rete mirabile ophthalmicum

a small arterial network in the orbit of ruminants.

rete pegs

inward projections of the epidermis into the dermis, as seen histologically in vertical sections.

rete ridge

marked undulations of the dermoepidermal junction; not a feature of normal skin in animals except in certain areas such as the footpads and planum nasale of carnivores.

rete testis

the network of channels formed in the mediastinum of the testis by the seminiferous tubules.

rete tubules

a network composed of tubules, e.g. seminiferous tubules.

rete vasculosa

networks of vessels as in the lungs.

rete venosum

an anastomotic network of small veins.