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Proboscis vs Retinaculum - What's the difference?

proboscis | retinaculum |

In anatomy|lang=en terms the difference between proboscis and retinaculum

is that proboscis is (anatomy) an elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal while retinaculum is (anatomy) one of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.

As nouns the difference between proboscis and retinaculum

is that proboscis is (anatomy) an elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal while retinaculum is (anatomy) a connecting band.

proboscis

English

(wikipedia proboscis)

Noun

  • (anatomy) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
  • # The tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms and molluscs.
  • # The trunk of an elephant.
  • (informal, mildly, jocular) A large or lengthy human nose.

    • Derived terms

    * proboscis monkey

    retinaculum

    English

    Noun

    (retinacula)
  • (anatomy) A connecting band.
    • the retinacula of the ileocaecal and ileocolic valves
  • (anatomy) One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.
  • (zoology) One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.
  • (zoology) A loop on the underside of the forewing of some moths.
  • (botany) A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants.
    • (Webster 1913)