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wikidiffcom | retinaculum |

As a noun retinaculum is

(anatomy) a connecting band.

wikidiffcom

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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)