The first building to use a steel frame in St. Louis was the Wainwright Building, a 10-story office building and one of the first modern skyscrapers. The building, which was designed by Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler, illustrates Sullivan's principle of form follows function.
keratinocyte. [keratâ²inÅsÄ«tâ²]. Etymology: Gk, keras + kytos, cell. an epidermal cell that synthesizes keratin and other proteins and sterols. These cells constitute 95% of the epidermis, being formed from undifferentiated, or basal, cells at the dermal-epidermal junction.
Phagocyte: A cell that can engulf particles, such as bacteria and other microorganisms or foreign matter. The principal phagocytes include the neutrophils and monocytes, both of which are types of white blood cells.