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  2. Linea semilunaris - Wikipedia

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    The linea semilunaris (also semilunar line or Spigelian line) is described by Adriaan van den Spiegel (°1578 †1625) described the Linea Semilunaris as the line forming and marking the transition from muscle to aponeurosis in the transversus abdominis muscle of the abdomen. It needs to be distinguished from the lateral border of the rectus ...

  3. Nasal meatus - Wikipedia

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    Through the hiatus semilunaris the meatus communicates with a curved passage termed the infundibulum, which communicates in front with the anterior ethmoidal cells and in rather more than fifty percent of skulls is continued upward as the frontonasal duct into the frontal air-sinus; when this continuity fails, the frontonasal duct opens ...

  4. Plica semilunaris of conjunctiva - Wikipedia

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    The plica semilunaris is a small fold of bulbar conjunctiva on the medial canthus of the eye. It functions during movement of the eye, to help maintain tear drainage via the lacrimal lake , and to permit greater rotation of the globe , for without the plica the conjunctiva would attach directly to the eyeball, restricting movement. [ 1 ]

  5. Semilunar hiatus - Wikipedia

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    The semilunar hiatus (eg, hiatus semilunaris) is a crescent-shaped [citation needed] /semicircular/ [1] curved [2] slit [2] /groove [1] upon the lateral wall of the nasal cavity [3] at the middle nasal meatus just inferior to the ethmoidal bulla. [2] It is the location of the openings for the frontal sinus, maxillary sinus, and anterior ...

  6. Plica semilunaris - Wikipedia

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    Plica semilunaris can refer to: Plica semilunaris of conjunctiva; Plica semilunaris of the fauces; Plicae semilunares of the colon This page was last edited on 7 ...

  7. Talk:Plica semilunaris of conjunctiva - Wikipedia

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    This is certainly true of the plica semilunaris - it has lost much function, but not all. Hairy Dude ( talk ) 14:09, 11 May 2019 (UTC) [ reply ] Not vestigial in everyone

  8. Tricuspid valve - Wikipedia

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    The tricuspid valve, or right atrioventricular valve, is on the right dorsal side of the mammalian heart, at the superior portion of the right ventricle.The function of the valve is to allow blood to flow from the right atrium to the right ventricle during diastole, and to close to prevent backflow (regurgitation) from the right ventricle into the right atrium during right ventricular ...

  9. Trochlea of superior oblique - Wikipedia

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    The trochlea of superior oblique is a pulley-like structure in the eye.The tendon of the superior oblique muscle passes through it. Situated on the superior nasal aspect of the frontal bone, it is the only cartilage found in the normal orbit.