lamella
Microscopic tissue sheet
A lamella is a thin plate, scale, or membrane-like structure.
The term appears most often in biology and anatomy, describing layered tissue formations: the lamellae of bone, gill lamellae in fish, the lamellae of a mushroom's underside.
In materials science, lamella refers to thin layers within crystalline structures.
Plural: lamellae or lamellas.
Horizontal layer of material
- sheetFlat rectangular material
- plateFlat dish for food
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
- plyOne thickness
substrate · concentric · parallel · stacked · foliated · banded · alternating · interleaved
Measure of relative size
- plateFlat dish for food
- overlappingCovering part of another
- protectiveServing to guard
- cuirassTorso-protecting plate armor
lames · articulated · flexible · riveted · laced · samurai · brigandine · splint
Fleshy fungal body
- fungiSpore-reproducing decomposers
- sporeAsexual reproductive cell
- capCovering for top
- stemPlant's central axis
hyphae · mycelium · agaric · chanterelle · shiitake · porcini · toadstool · gilled
Instrument magnifying via charged particles
- ultrastructureMicroscopic cellular organization
- organelleSubcellular functional unit
- chloroplastLight-harvesting cell structure
- mitochondriaCell's energy-producing organelles
cristae · membrane · photosynthesis · specimen · slide · magnification · cross-section · cellular
Small in diameter
- parallelEquidistant at all points
- stackedArranged in a heap
- concentricSharing one center
- overlappingCovering part of another
layered · repeating · ridged · corrugated · folded · spaced · arrangement · regular
Having internal latticework
- osteocyteBone-maintaining cell in matrix
- corticalOf an outer layer
- ossificationConversion to bone tissue
- marrowSoft bone interior
periosteum · collagen · mineralization · remodeling · osteoblast · spongy bone · lacuna
stratum
Horizontal layer of material
- sheetFlat rectangular material
- plateFlat dish for food
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
ply · substrate · concentric · parallel · stacked · foliated · banded · alternating · interleaved · lamellar
scale
Measure of relative size
- plateFlat dish for food
- overlappingCovering part of another
- protectiveServing to guard
cuirass · lames · articulated · flexible · riveted · laced · samurai · brigandine · splint
mushroom
Fleshy fungal body
stem · hyphae · mycelium · agaric · chanterelle · shiitake · porcini · toadstool · gilled · spore print
electron microscope
Instrument magnifying via charged particles
- ultrastructureMicroscopic cellular organization
- organelleSubcellular functional unit
- chloroplastLight-harvesting cell structure
mitochondria · cristae · membrane · photosynthesis · specimen · slide · magnification · cross-section · cellular
thin
Small in diameter
- parallelEquidistant at all points
- stackedArranged in a heap
- concentricSharing one center
overlapping · layered · repeating · ridged · corrugated · folded · spaced · arrangement · regular · periodic
trabecular
Having internal latticework
- osteocyteBone-maintaining cell in matrix
- corticalOf an outer layer
- ossificationConversion to bone tissue
marrow · periosteum · collagen · mineralization · remodeling · osteoblast · spongy bone · lacuna
- scalesweight, measure, balance, balance scale, digital scale
- thin layerssheet, film, layer, membrane, coating
- mycologymycology, mushroom, toadstool, mycelium, mycorrhizae
- rock featurescliff, cliff face, rock face, crag, overhang
- bone anatomyspongy bone, bone marrow, epiphysis, periosteum, medullary cavity
- bone biologybone tissue, osteoblasts, osteoid, bone formation, ossification