Noun, : the papillae of the tongue. From Dictionary.com.
Really there was a papilla sense of relief coming from the president and his aides. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 8, 2006] Reference
It can be easily identified by its small size and absence of a papilla on the tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference
Around each papilla is a bulbous expansion, the hair bulb, from which the hair begins to grow. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Genital papilla: in some Smynthurids, a tubercular elevation upon which the genital aperture opens. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Nourishment for the growing hair is derived from a dermal projection into the hair bulb called the papilla. From Wordnik.com. [Scientists Report Breakthrough in Cure for Baldness | Impact Lab] Reference
Surrounding each papilla is a narrow depression, within which are found the sense organs of taste (B, Fig. 146). From Wordnik.com. [Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools] Reference
Making sure that he could see what she was doing, she flicked the sensitive papilla with her tongue for several moments. From Wordnik.com. [EROTICA: A Visitor in the Night by Baron Darkside (Part II)] Reference
Another difference is that the papilla of the male is pointed while the papilla of the female is somewhat brown and round. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 12] Reference
Each hair grows from a tiny bulb (papilla), which is an elevation of the cutis at the bottom of a little hollow in the skin. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
Each papilla contains a loop of capillaries and a small nerve, and many of them are crowned with touch corpuscles (page 342). From Wordnik.com. [Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools] Reference
Taste buds are on the sides of these papillae and can taste chemicals that travel in saliva through the between-papilla grooves. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
The contents divide into about eight parts, which escape from the top of the spore, which at this time projects as a little papilla. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference
The hair grows from the bottom of the follicle by a multiplication of the cells covering the papilla upon which its root is moulded. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
In every papilla are oval-shaped bodies about 1/300 of an inch long, around which the nerve fibers wind, and which they finally enter. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
P.p. Bicuspidate papilla, capped by the enamel germ. From Wordnik.com. [Illustrations. Fig. 1009] Reference
#How are you to know if the papilla has been destroyed?. From Wordnik.com. [Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine] Reference
A. Side view of a papilla of the hand.a. Cortical layer. b. From Wordnik.com. [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1e. Peripheral Terminations of Nerves of General Sensations] Reference
The base of the mammary papilla is surrounded by an areola. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 3d. 6. The Mammæ] Reference
There is no fat immediately beneath the areola and papilla. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 3d. 6. The Mammæ] Reference
A feather grows from a tiny structure on the skin called a papilla. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]
A lump (enlarged papilla) on the tongue is a sign one has told a lie. From Wordnik.com. [Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk] Reference
Vertical section of papilla foliata of the rabbit, crossing the folia. From Wordnik.com. [Illustrations. Fig. 850] Reference
Vater; in one study, for example, 61 percent were within 2 cm of the papilla. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Wage gap with Australia wider - report] Reference
Such a stimulation must affect the living epidermic cells of the feather papilla. From Wordnik.com. [Hormones and Heredity] Reference
A tactile papilla seen from above so as to show its transverse section.a. Cortical layer. b. From Wordnik.com. [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1e. Peripheral Terminations of Nerves of General Sensations] Reference
The dental papilla contains cells that develop into odontoblasts, which are dentin-forming cells. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
#In case of failure to destroy an individual papilla, should a second attempt be made at the same sitting?. From Wordnik.com. [Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine] Reference
Ophthalmoscopic examination shows swelling of the disc, and the vessels of the papilla are distended and tortuous. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
They tend to occur near the papilla of Vater; in one study, for example, 61 percent were within 2 cm of the papilla. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Wage gap with Australia wider - report] Reference
Additionally, the junction between the dental papilla and inner enamel epithelium determines the crown shape of a tooth. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
There is destruction also of the papilla basilaris cochleae, with encroachment of the surrounding tissues in varying degrees. From Wordnik.com. [The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior] Reference
The hair follicle is lined by cells of epidermis, which at the bottom are reflected on the papilla and become the root of the hair. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
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