Dense bodies can refer to:
- granules in blood platelets
- electron-dense portions of smooth muscle which thin filaments (actin and tropomyosin namely) bind
Famous quotes containing the words dense and/or bodies:
“No sleep. The sultriness pervades the air
And binds the braina dense oppression, such
As tawny tigers feel in matted shades,
Vexing their blood and making apt for ravage.”
—Herman Melville (18191891)
“Love is sinister,
is mean to us in separation;
makes our thin bodies thinner.
This fellow Death
lacks mercy
and is good at counting our days.
And Master,
you, too, are subject
to the plague of jealousy
so think:
how could womenfolk,
soft as sprouts,
live like this?”
—Amaru (c. seventh century A.D.)
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