apical

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Another review reported that people with diabetes also face a greater risk of developing new apical periodontitis in teeth that have already undergone root canal treatment compared with people who do not have diabetes.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

"The AO has a striking complexity when compared to apical organs of cnidarian and bilaterian. It is so unique!"

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026

The number of apical progenitor cells, which are essential for building the cerebral cortex, was significantly lower.

From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025

"Surprisingly, the distal apical dendrites responses grew significantly over time becoming increasingly sensitive to inputs that violate the patterns, while the cell bodies lost their initially strong sensitivity," says Zylberberg, a computational neuroscientist.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023

Growing from the apex by a terminal bud or by the apical cell only.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa