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Lamina is a general anatomical term meaning "plate" or "layer". [1] It is used in both gross anatomy and microscopic anatomy to describe structures.. Some examples include: The laminae of the thyroid cartilage: two leaf-like plates of cartilage that make up the walls of the structure.
Lamina (anatomy), with several meanings; Lamina (leaf), the flat part of a leaf, an organ of a plant; Lamina, the largest petal of a floret in an aster family flowerhead: see Glossary of botanical terms § lamina; Lamina, a genus in the family Toxopidae; Lamina (neuropil), the most peripheral neuropil of the insect visual system
The lamina propria is a thin layer of loose (areolar) connective tissue, which lies beneath the epithelium, and together with the epithelium and basement membrane constitutes the mucosa. As its Latin name indicates, it is a characteristic component of the mucosa, or the mucosa's "own special layer."
Anatomy of a vertebra. ... a lamina, projects backward and medially to join and complete the vertebral arch and form the posterior border of the vertebral foramen, ...
Lamina VII: intermediomedial nucleus, intermediolateral nucleus, posterior thoracic nucleus in the thoracic and upper lumbar region [6] Lamina X: an area of grey matter – the grey commissure surrounding the central canal. This region also serves to connect the anterior and posterior grey columns. [3] Rexed never described this as lamina X but ...
Micrograph showing the internal elastic lamina (thin pink wavy line - image edge mid-left to image edge bottom-centre-left). H&E stain. The internal elastic lamina or internal elastic lamella is a layer of elastic tissue that forms the outermost part of the tunica intima of blood vessels. It separates tunica intima from tunica media.
In mammalian anatomy, the cribriform plate (Latin for lit. sieve-shaped), horizontal lamina or lamina cribrosa is part of the ethmoid bone. It is received into the ethmoidal notch of the frontal bone and roofs in the nasal cavities .
The lamina terminalis is a thin layer that forms the median portion of the wall of the forebrain. It stretches from the interventricular foramen (foramen of Monro) to the recess at the base of the optic stalk (optic nerve) and contains the vascular organ of the lamina terminalis , which regulates the osmotic concentration of the blood.