JC - Re: pineal details

Don J. S. Adams ( (no email) )
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 22:22:58 -0500

JC, most informatative! Thanks! Now I wonder why those granules form...
and what function they might serve..hmmm?

> 2. Composed of cords of pinealocytes (or chief cells) separated by connective
> tissue; septa continuous with the pia mater covering the organ; cells
> accumulate calcareous granules (brain sand) by age 18 clearly visible at x-ray
> examination
>
>
> I hope this gives the details you wanted concerning the pineal's composition.
> At least now we know to what the 'grains of golden sand' in the original
> hypocratic oath refer.
>
> Regards,
> JC Snooky

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