Sentences with phrase «nodules called»

Normally, the red blood cell's surface is smooth and the cell is deformable, but when infected with a malaria parasite, small protein nodules called knobs form on the surface.

By measuring isotope ratios in B. kiplingi «s tissue and plugging this data into a dietary model, Christopher Meehan of the University of Arizona in Tucson determined that protein - rich nodules called Beltian bodies, found on the leaves of some plants, make up 90 per cent of its diet (Current Biology, DOI: 10.1016 / j.cub.2009.08.043).

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They can occur on the roof of an infant's mouth, where they are called Epstein's Pearls, and on the gums where they are called Bohn's nodules.

People with NF typically have brown spots on the skin called café - au - lait spots; soft bumps on or under the skin called neurofibromas; and tiny bumps on the iris called Lisch nodules.

The bacteria, called Rhizobium, enter the root cells of young plants and trigger the formation of nodules to house the bacteria, he explained.

Some people also have bumps, called rheumatoid nodules, that appear under the skin.

I forget what those little nodules on the spine are called, but they can be fractured by rolling up and down on the spine.

When the doctor called with the results, he said they were unable to get enough cells out of the nodules!

Nodules are typically evaluated by ultrasound scan and blood tests, and sometimes by an outpatient biopsy called fine needle aspiration (FNA).

An excellent starting place is a multi-part article, called Thyroid Disease 101: Basic Information on Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Nodules, Goiter, and Thyroid Cancer.

Toxic nodular goiter, an enlarged thyroid gland that has a small, rounded growth or many growths called nodules, which produce too much thyroid hormone

And when was the last time you called your mom, changed your furnace filters or unwrapped that mysterious aluminum foil clad nodule in the freezer?