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Cell Physiological Phenomena > Mitochondrial Swelling

Preferred term

Mitochondrial Swelling  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Giant Mitochondria
  • Giant Mitochondrias
  • Hypertrophy, Mitochondrial
  • Mitochondria, Giant
  • Mitochondrial Hypertrophies
  • Mitochondrial Hypertrophy

Scope note

  • An increase in MITOCHONDRIAL VOLUME due to an influx of fluid; it occurs in hypotonic solutions due to osmotic pressure and in isotonic solutions as a result of altered permeability of the membranes of respiring mitochondria.

History note

  • 76(69); was see under MITOCHONDRIA 1975

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008933

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