Category: C

A vaginal epithelial cell, thickly coated with coccobacillary organisms; a hallmark of bacterial vaginosis.  

A cell that results from mitosis or splitting of the fertilized ovum; a blastomere.  

A duct cell of the pancreas more or less invaginated into the lumen of an acinus.  

One of the cells trapped within cementum that maintain cementum as a living calcified tissue by their metabolic activity.  

One of the cells that produce the cementum layer, which covers the tooth root and provides attachment for the supporting periodontal ligament. A cell of the inner layer of the dental sac of a developing tooth. It deposits cementum on the dentin of the root.  

An enlarged and vacuolated basophil cell seen in the pituitary in gonadal insufficiency or following castration.  

A cell present in a neoplasm and differentiated from normal tissue cells because of its degree of anaplasia, irregularity of shape, nuclear size, changes in the structure of the nucleus and cytoplasm, increased number of mitoses, and ability to metastasize.  

Surgical incision into the abdominal cavity.  

An endoscope for visual examination of a body cavity.  

Removal of the fallopian tubes through an abdominal incision.