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- plicae alares plicae synovialis infrapatellaris SYN: alar folds of intrapatellar synovial fold, under fold.- p. anterior faucium palatoglossal arch.- p. aryepiglottica [TA] SYN: aryepiglottic fold.- p. axillaris SYN: axillary fold.- plicae cecales [TA] SYN: cecal folds, under fold.- p. chordae tympani SYN: fold of chorda tympani.- plicae ciliares [TA] SYN: ciliary folds, under fold.- plicae circulares intestini tenuis [TA] SYN: circular folds of small intestine, under fold.- plicae epiglotticae SYN: epiglottic folds, under fold.- plicae gastricae [TA] SYN: gastric folds, under fold.- plicae gastropancreaticae [TA] SYN: gastropancreatic folds, under fold.- p. glossoepiglottica mediana [TA] SYN: median glossoepiglottic fold.- p. gubernatrix SYN: genitoinguinal ligament.- p. ileocecalis [TA] SYN: ileocecal fold.- p. incudis SYN: incudal fold.- p. inguinalis an embryonic mesodermal thickening that joins the caudal end of the urogenital ridge to the anterior abdominal wall; the gubernaculum of the testis develops in it. SYN: inguinal fold.- p. interdigitalis SYN: web of fingers/toes.- p. interureterica [TA] SYN: interureteric crest.- plicae iridis [TA] SYN: folds of iris, under fold.- p. lacrimalis [TA] SYN: lacrimal fold.- p. lunata SYN: p. semilunaris of conjunctiva.- p. membranae tympani SYN: mallear folds, under fold.- plicae mucosae vesicae biliaris [TA] SYN: mucosal folds of gallbladder, under fold.- p. palatina transversa [TA] SYN: transverse palatine fold.- p. palpebronasalis [TA] SYN: palpebronasal fold.- p. paraduodenalis [TA] SYN: paraduodenal fold.- p. posterior faucium palatopharyngeal arch.- plicae recti SYN: transverse folds of rectum, under fold.- p. rectouterina [TA] SYN: rectouterine fold.- p. rectovaginalis SYN: sacrovaginal fold.- p. salpingopalatina [TA] SYN: salpingopalatine fold.- p. salpingopharyngea [TA] SYN: salpingopharyngeal fold.- p. semilunaris [TA] SYN: semilunar fold.- p. semilunaris of conjunctiva [TA] 1. [NA] the semilunar fold formed by the palpebral conjunctiva at the medial angle of the eye; 2. a fold of the conjunctival mucous membrane found in many animals; normally partially hidden in the medial canthus of the eye when at rest, it may be extended to cover part or all of the cornea in a winking-like action to clean the cornea, as in birds. SYN: membrana nictitans, nictitating membrane, palpebra III, palpebra tertia, third eyelid. SYN: p. semilunaris conjunctivae [TA], p. lunata, p. semilunaris of eye, semilunar conjunctival fold.- p. semilunaris conjunctivae [TA] SYN: p. semilunaris of conjunctiva.- p. semilunaris of eye SYN: p. semilunaris of conjunctiva.- p. stapedialis SYN: fold of stapes.- p. sublingualis [TA] SYN: sublingual fold.- p. synovialis SYN: synovial fold.- p. synovialis infrapatellaris [TA] SYN: infrapatellar synovial fold.- p. synovialis patellaris SYN: infrapatellar synovial fold.- plicae transversales recti [TA] SYN: transverse folds of rectum, under fold.- p. triangularis [TA] SYN: triangular fold.- plicae tubariae tubae uterinae [TA] SYN: folds of uterine tubes, under fold.- p. tubopalatina SYN: salpingopalatine fold.- p. ureterica SYN: interureteric crest.- p. uterovesicalis SYN: uterovesical ligament.- p. ventricularis SYN: vestibular fold.- p. vesicalis transversa SYN: transverse vesical fold.- p. vesicouterina SYN: uterovesical ligament.- p. vestibularis [TA] SYN: vestibular fold.- p. vocalis [TA] SYN: vocal fold.
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n.a fold of tissue; for example, the plica sublingualis, the mucous fold in the floor of the mouth.• plicate adj.* * *
pli·ca (pliґkə) gen. and pl. pliґcae [L.] fold: anatomical nomenclature for a ridge or fold, as of peritoneum or other membrane.Descriptions are given on TA terms, and include anglicized names of specific folds.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
