Demodicosis, also called red mange or demodex, is a skin disease caused by Demodex canis, a cigar-shaped microscopic mite that is a normal inhabitant of canine skin and found on most healthy dogs. The mite infests hair follicles and occasionally the sebaceous glands of the skin.ange is a generic term that describes a hair loss and skin condition caused by microscopic parasite s, called mites that live on or in the skin.
A crista (/ËkrÉªstÉ/ , pl. cristae cristÃ¦ and) cristae is a fold in the inner membrane of a. mitochondrionristae are studded with proteins, including ATP synthase and a variety of cytochromes. With the discovery of the dual membrane nature of mitochondria, the pioneers of mitochondrial ultrastructural research proposed different models for the organization of the mitochondrial inner membrane.
\-ËtÄ, -ËtÄ«\play. 1  1: one of the areas of specialized sensory epithelium in the ampullae of the semicircular canals of the ear serving as end organs for the vestibular senseâcalled also crista ampullaris. 2  2: a membranous spiral fold running the length of the body of certain spirochetes.