“intercalated”

The following 2 entries include the term intercalated.

intercalated disc

noun

: any of the specialized regions of the sarcolemma and underlying cytoplasm of cardiac muscle cells that comprise the longitudinal and end-to-end junctions between adjacent cells and that function to connect them mechanically and electrically

intercalated duct

noun

: a duct from a tubule or acinus of the pancreas that drains into an intralobular duct

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