Alloderm is an ECM Biomaterial marketed by LifeCell Corporation that is used in reconstructive and dental surgeries; it is derived from skin taken from donated cadavers. Alloderm has been used to reconstruct breasts experimentally after breast cancer surgery.
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.: a telephone pole; a fishing pole. 2. Northeastern U.S. a long, tapering piece of wood or other material that extends from the front axle of a vehicle between the animals drawing it. 3. Nautical. a light spar. that part of a mast between the uppermost standing rigging and the truck.
pole. 1. either extremity of any axis, as of the fetal ellipse or a body organ. 2. either one of two points which have opposite physical qualities.poÂ´lar. animal pole. 1. the site of an oocyte to which the nucleus is approximated, and from which the polar bodies pinch off.ccipital pole the posterior end of the occipital lobe of the brain. pelvic pole the end of the fetal ellipse at which the breech of the fetus is situated. temporal pole the prominent anterior end of the temporal lobe of the brain.