prickle cell

It is located in the prickle cell layer.

There may be vacuolated cells in the upper portion of the prickle cell layer.

The majority of these are prickle cells, similar to those found in the stratum mucosum of the cuticle.

Whether prickle cells are present in the epidermis of the crocodile Bronn is not certain, though he thinks they probably are.

Spinocellular carcinoma (prickle cell carcinoma) is relatively common in people over age 60, with fair skin, and a history of longer term sun exposure.

Histology shows a change in the prickle cell layer, and this is responsible for the laying down of condensed keratin causing the groove.

Glycogenic acanthosis affects the prickle cell layer of the squamous epithelium of the esophagus.

Tanapox virus in humans produces increased thickening of the epidermis with extensive degeneration of the prickle cell layer.

Spinous cells, or prickle cells, are keratin producing epidermal cells owing their prickly appearance to their numerous intracellular connections.

Also, the term is occasionally used synonymously as the prickle cell layer (although prickle cell layer generally is defined as the stratum spinosum specifically) or to designate a part of the stratum corneum.