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Discover LudwigThe word 'lamella' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to a thin plate or layer, such as the thin plates of cells that make up a biological membrane. For example, you could say: "The cells in the membrane contain multiple lamella."
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lamella
noun
A thin, plate-like structure.
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Another form of steel trussed dome is the lamella dome, which is made of intersecting arches hinged together at their midpoints to form an interlocking network in a diamond pattern.
Furthermore, it is likely that photoreaction II entails the transfer of electrons across the lamella toward its outer face, so that when plastoquinone molecules are reduced, they can receive protons from the outside of the thylakoid.
In other words, a proton gradient is established across the lamella.
Each lamella is thus two molecules in thickness, with the long axis of the component molecules perpendicular to the plane of the bilayer.
All cell walls contain two layers, the middle lamella and the primary cell wall, and many cells produce an additional layer, called the secondary wall.
The polar heads of the component molecules form the two faces of the lamella, while the hydrophobic moieties form its interior.
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There are five principal combinations of exsolution pairs: (1) augite with enstatite lamellae, (2) augite with pigeonite lamellae, (3) augite with both pigeonite and enstatite lamellae, (4) pigeonite with augite lamellae, and (5) enstatite with augite lamellae.
The floor of the nasal cavity is composed of folds (lamellae) that often form a rosette, with the lamellae radiating from a central point.
It consists of hydrophilic polypeptides (F1), which project from the outer surface of the lamellae, and hydrophobic polypeptides (F0), which are embedded inside the lamellae.
This requirement stems from the special nature of the mechanism linking photophosphorylation to electron flow in the lamellae.
A central feature is the formation of a hydrogen ion (proton) concentration gradient and an electrical charge across intact lamellae.
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