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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 ...
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.
The human seminal vesicles are a pair of glands in males that are positioned below the urinary bladder and at the end of the vasa deferentia, where they enter the prostate.
A Spigelian hernia is the type of ventral hernia that occurs through the Spigelian aponeurosis, which is the part of the aponeurosis of the transverse abdominal muscle bounded by the linea semilunaris (or Spigelian line) laterally and the lateral edge of the rectus abdominis muscle medially. [1] [2]
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 folium vermis is a short, narrow, concealed band at the posterior extremity of the vermis, consisting apparently of a single folium, but in reality marked on its upper and under surfaces by secondary fissures.
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 ...