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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 ]
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 ...
The plica semilunaris is the thin upper part of the fold of mucous membrane in the supratonsillar fossa that reaches across between the two arches. A separate fold is called the plica triangularis which runs inferoposteriorly from the posterior surface of the palatoglossal arch to cover the inferior portion of the tonsil.
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 ...
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
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 ...
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 ...
Sybra semilunaris is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1939. [1] References This page was last edited on 6 ...