Radicle (Noun)
Meaning
(anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve).
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The axon of the neuron terminated in a small radicle that branched out into multiple finer extensions.
- During the histological examination, the pathologist identified a radicle of nerve tissue that had invaded the surrounding muscle tissue.
- The radicle of the torn ligament was carefully reattached to the bone using a suture.
- In the cross-sectional image, the radicle of the blood vessel appeared as a small, compact bundle of fibers.
- The radicle of the optic nerve was visible as a tiny, thread-like structure in the ophthalmological photograph.