sublingual fold

  • 1sublingual fold — plica sublingualis …

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  • 2Sublingual gland — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = glandula sublingualis GraySubject = 242 GrayPage = 1136 Caption = Dissection, showing salivary glands of right side. (Sublingual gland visible near bottom right.) Caption2 = Salivary glands: #1 is Parotid… …

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  • 3fold — 1. A ridge or margin apparently formed by the doubling back of a lamina. SYN: plica. 2. In the embryo, a transient elevation or reduplication of tissue in the form of a lamina …

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  • 4Major sublingual duct — Latin ductus sublingualis major Gray s subject #242 1136 The excretory ducts of the sublingual gland are from eight to twenty in number. Of the smaller sublingual ducts (ducts of Rivinus), some join the submandibular duct; others o …

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  • 5Пищеварительная система — обеспечивает усвоение организмом необходимых ему в качестве источника энергии, а также для обновления клеток и роста питательных веществ. Пищеварительный аппарат человека представлен пищеварительной трубкой, крупными железами пищеварительного… …

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  • 6duct — A tubular structure giving exit to the secretion of a gland or organ, capable of conducting fluid. SEE ALSO: canal. SYN: ductus [TA]. [L. duco, pp. ductus, to lead] aberrant ducts SYN: aberrant ductules, under ductule …

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  • 7plica sublingualis — plica sub·lin·gua·lis .səb (.)liŋ gwā ləs n, pl plicae sub·lin·gua·les (.)lēz a transverse fold of mucous membrane that is situated at the base of the tongue on either side of the frenulum, overlies the sublingual gland, and is studded with 10 or …

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  • 8plica — [TA] SYN: fold (1). [Mod. L. a plait or fold] plicae adiposae pleurae SYN: fatty folds of pleura, under fold. plicae alares plicae synovialis infrapatellaris SYN: alar folds of intrapatellar synovial fold, under fold. plicae ampullares tubae… …

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  • 9ductus sublinguales minores — [TA] minor sublingual ducts: the ducts that drain the sublingual gland and open along the crest of the sublingual fold; called also Rivinus ducts …

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  • 10digestive system, human — Introduction  the system used in the human body for the process of digestion. The human digestive system consists primarily of the digestive tract (alimentary canal), or the series of structures and organs through which food and liquids pass… …

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