lentoid

The flesh flowed again, flattening out into a lentoid shape.

In Minoan Crete, for example, seals have been found with complex carving on lentoid stones.

The two triangular areas on the upper arm are bounded at the front by a ridge, row of lentoid bosses and a ridge.

Since ancient times, the lentoid shape has been used to fashion jewelry and seals for identification made from a variety of gemstones and metals.

The addition of exogenous alpha-crystallin to primary bovine lens epithelium was shown to induce rapid changes in cell shape, leading to the formation of lentoid bodies [ 21 ] .

The lentoid shape was one of the most commonly recovered seal shapes from Minoan Knossos on Crete dating to the Bronze Age, as evidenced by the finds at that Bronze Age palace.

In addition, the administration of exogenous alpha-crystallin to primary bovine lens epithelial cell cultures resulted in the formation of lentoid bodies, consistent with a role for these proteins in lens differentiation [ 21 ] .

The back has the same sequence with the addition, from bottom to top, of ridge, row of lentoid bosses, ridge, three rows of small domed bosses, ridge and, a row of lentoid bosses.