lobule

The lobule, the fleshy lower part of the auricle, is the only area of the outer ear that contains no cartilage. The auricle also has several small rudimentary muscles, which fasten it to the skull and scalp. In most individuals these muscles do not function, although…

…of clusters of cells called lobules, where the vital functions of the liver are carried out. Each lobule, measuring about one millimetre in diameter, consists of numerous cords of rectangular liver cells, or hepatocytes, that radiate from central veins, or terminal hepatic venules, toward a thin layer of connective tissue…

…further subdivides into hundreds of lobules. Each lobule contains a bronchiole and affiliated branches, a thin wall, and clusters of alveoli.

…and into smaller subdivisions called lobules. It is covered by a dense connective-tissue capsule, which sends fibres into the body of the thymus for support. The thymus tissue is distinguishable into an outer zone, the cortex, and an inner zone, the medulla.